A hodgepodge of East and West, Mithridates’ Pontic Empire emerges as a compelling possibility of what Alexander's empire could've been.

Why was Alexander the Great seen by the Romans as the greatest military leader of the ancient world? This question would ...

Greece dismissed Turkey's criticism over a map presented as a gift to Patriarch Bartholomew, saying the gift was "purely ...

Many people associate Spartans with dramatic stories and larger-than-life portrayals, but much of that image is shaped by ...

It’s one of only four known Roman camps in the Netherlands and was really just a rest stop between larger fortifications.

In a remarkable breakthrough for Irish archaeology, the first-ever intact Roman-era pot has been discovered during an ...

Intact Roman pot (at right) in excavation pit, Drumanagh, Ireland. DRUMANAGH, IRELAND—Last year, Irish archaeologists working ...

One of the most pivotal decisions I made as a gamer happened in a Software Etc. in 1996. Back then, I was armed with $60 and had visions of a new video game, but I was unsure of what to buy. The ...

A new study reveals that the Maiden Castle burials, long thought to result from a Roman attack, were instead the product of ...

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Historians have chosen the year of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans, 1453, as a reference point to mark the end of ...

As the Bishop of Rome he is the head of the Latin or Roman rite. This is by far the largest rite in the Church. It was founded by St. Peter in Rome around 42 A.D. The current Eucharistic liturgy ...