As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

The Appian Way symbolized the Roman Empire’s might. Now Italy is restoring the ancient ... Brindisi became a destination for Holy Land pilgrims, who waited for weeks to board the next boat ...

Donald Trump’s destruction of America’s 249-year-old constitutional republic and civic culture follows a historically familiar pattern that includes two especially striking precedents — one ancient, ...

The basalt stone, which dates back to the time of the Roman Empire, was discovered in an area of Israel where it is believed ...

The remarkable 1500-year-old Biblioteca Capitolare in Verona is widely viewed as the world’s oldest continuously operating ...

Charles had to contend with semi-constant war with France, usually over who would control Italy ... foe was the Ottoman Empire, whose sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, boasted a court of equal ...

Support me on Patreon & get exclusive / ahead of time content! <a href=" ▶ In this video I talk about the only country in the world that has no territory: the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, ...

Centro Storico is the place if you want to be closest to the major attractions in Milan. It tends to be full of tourists with ...

The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle at Legnano. 1415: Pope ...

In the year 312, upon learning that Maxentius and Maximinus had joined forces against him, he marched into Italy ... As for his holy mother, Helen, after her son had made the faith of Christ ...