The Holy Roman Empire was finally dissolved when Napoleon, commanding the first modern national army, steamrolled the coalition opposing him at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805. About half the ...

In various military campaigns, the Roman army destroyed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem in 70 ... 4.5 to 7 million Jews in the ancient Roman empire around the first century, accounting for five ...

And in doing so, they have shed new light on one of the once-mighty empire ... the Roman army in the process. READ MORE: Knights Templar: Lost secrets of Crusaders who 'carried Holy Grail ...

Joachim Whaley's ground-breaking history of the Holy Roman Empire escapes the shadow cast by the Nazis, finds Peter Oborne. By Peter Oborne 28 March 2012 • 10:37am The Court of Emperor Frederick ...