In 1453, the Ottomans seized Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and the life of its last emperor, Constantine ...

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

During his papacy, he remained a steadfast ally of the Carolingian Empire ... conflicts such as with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, and headed the attempt to seal the battle over the English ...

His trademark humility was genuine, and did much to strip away perceptions of an aloof “Holy Roman Empire”. He immediately discarded the showy red velvet slippers and ornate vestments ...

Aerial View of Ancient Roman Ruins in Rome. Scientists have found that the 'Little Ice Age' may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire almost 572 years ago. For a long time, it had been ...

A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating back to the first-century Roman Empire, likely the bodies of warriors in a battle involving Germanic tribes. On Wednesday, after ...