He was a Goth, and he’s responsible for the sack of Rome in 410. But he came from a part of the empire that had once been Roman. He spoke Latin, as well as his own language.

In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to imagine futuristic skylinesmelding ziggurats with modernism in a visionary ...

In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to ...

T he Visigoths were a Germanic tribe that in late antiquity harassed the Roman Empire to the point where Rome was sacked and its influence across Western Europe fatally eroded. The Goths' story is a ...

Directed by Sophie Osbourne, The Monster Beneath Us is a Gothic horror film set in 1898 Yorkshire, England. The story follows a grieving widow, who returns to her late husband's ancestral home, ...

In the southeastern area of the city of Rome, archaeologists excavating inside the Triton Baths, built in the 2nd century A.D. within the monumental complex of the Villa di Sette Bassi, discovered ...

Christianity in the Cities of Late Antiquity Mike Aquilina gives us a fine work of journeyman’s history that deserves the attention of many readers besides this one.

A similar style, Decorated Gothic, appeared in England in the late 13th century. “The English were very interested in decoration and articulation and linear patterns on surfaces,” Bork. says.

In antiquity, Greek was by far the most widely spoken lingua franca in the Mediterranean world. It eventually became the official language of the Byzantine Empire and developed into Medieval Greek. In ...

Explore the transition from Gothic to Renaissance in European art, ... the Van Eycks achieved unprecedented naturalism in painting, while in Italy the rediscovery of classical antiquity, promoted by ...