Pope Leo XIV on June 17 received the bishops of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, with whom he shared four “coordinates” for ...

The Franks, a Germanic tribe that rose to prominence during the fall of the Roman Empire, played a central role in the formation of modern Europe. Their legacy stretches from the collapse of the ...

Located near Auxerre, the grand estate once possessed an exorbitant level of wealth, with thermal baths and heated floors ...

Santiago de Compostela is one of the major centres of Christianity in the world — but the city’s sense of spirituality goes ...

Alexander had a love-hate relationship with his father, King Philip II of Macedonia. While at times he appeared to be the ...

“What makes this find so remarkable is that the camp lies beyond the northern frontier of the Roman Empire,” says Saskia Stevens (Utrecht University). At the time, the Empire’s outer border ran along ...

Russia's new map of Ukraine is drawing attention. After years of fighting, Russia is shaping its post-war presence. The Kremlin is taking control of southeastern Ukraine, with new laws changing ...

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When the How Often Do You Think About the Roman Empire? meme went viral in 2023, it may have felt like a passing joke — until it became clear that people really do think about it all the time.

The roads built by the Romans in Britain continued to be used for both travel and trade in the Middle Ages for more than a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire, according ... which ...