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It’s one of only four known Roman camps in the Netherlands and was really just a rest stop between larger fortifications.
Starting in 2021, a research team led by Musallam R. al-Rawahneh—an associate professor of archeology and ancient Near East ...
A few others came from inside the Holy Roman Empire but outside the bounds of modern-day Italy. German popes elected from the Empire included Gregory in 996 and Damasus II in 1048. England ...
An excavation in northern Sudan suggests there were limits to the military might of the Roman Empire – even if the Romans weren’t prepared to admit them. The imperial forces claimed they ...
also known as Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire. Beginning in the 20th century, similar titles were frequently used to describe the United States. If nothing else, empires may rise and fall ...
The second and eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbutte, Maria Theresa was immediately acknowledged as the rightful heir of the Holy ...
The Roman Empire was a force unlike any other, shaping the ancient world through innovation, conquest, and culture. This video traces its epic journey, from the rise of its republic to the height ...
But the Eastern Roman Empire lived on for another millennium – until Constantinople fell to the Turks in 1453. A few fringe scholars even argue that Rome fell in 1806 with the demise of the Holy Roman ...
The Holy Roman Empire, despite the name, was German, but why was it called Roman if it had nothing to do with the Romans? (Image: Imperial crown of the Holy Roman Empire) Credit:Flickr / mitko_denev ...
Vesuvius erupted. The attraction unveils "how its people lived, loved, worked, worshipped and found entertainment at the height of the Roman Empire," according to the exhibit's website.
At its height, the Roman Empire ruled all the countries around the Mediterranean Sea and most of Western Europe for hundreds of years. It had a profound cultural impact on the development of the ...