Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

For Israel, the park in Sebastia will be a link to their heritage. Palestinians see an attempt to force them out.

Welcome to North East England — a land of castles, windswept beaches, ancient history, dark skies, and some of the kindest ...

Historian Faith Tibble examines the origin of one of the most famous images in the Christian world and how it changed over ...

Were the soldiers of the late Roman Empire truly weak and undisciplined, or is that just a myth? This video reevaluates their training, equipment, and real battlefield performance.

Roman soldiers typically stayed at temporary camps for a few days or weeks before continuing marching. The Hoog Buurlo camp ...

The Holy Roman Empire was one of the most complex and enduring political entities in European history. Stretching over central Europe, it lasted for more than a millennium, from 800 AD, when ...

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who had once served in the Roman army, escaped from slavery in 73 BCE. What began as a prison ...

The fall of Constantinople, on May 29,1453 was the final phase of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars and the darkest page in Greek ...

In 2024, the U.N. counted more than 36,000 civilian deaths in 14 armed conflicts, warning that the actual total is "likely ...