And so it was that an exhausted Charles V abdicated in October 1555 as Lord of the Netherlands, followed by abdication of his many other crowns, including the office of the Holy Roman Emperor ...

International chocolate is vastly different from what you find in the U.S. Here are 16 of the best treats you can find ...

From 1519 until his abdication in 1556, Charles V, ‘By the Grace of God Holy Roman Emperor, Forever August King of Germany, King of Italy, King of all Spains, of Castile, Aragon, León, Navarra, ...

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 to a recent ...

Thanks to modern-day literature and films—and the fact that ancient amphitheaters remain standing throughout the former Roman Empire, notably the Colosseum in Rome—warring gladiators are one ...

they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed Roman Emperor Caligula used to hold on the ship. Instead, they were vestiges of modern, everyday life from a ...

The upcoming PC game puts players in the role of a new Roman governor during a relatively peaceful 200-year span. Players start out with a single settlement, but they’ll have to expand and build ...

The Roman Empire might live rent-free in the minds of straight men, but the LGBTQ+ community should celebrate its history, too. After all, while America has yet to see a gay president, gay men ...