Throughout history, Christians have often believed Pontius Pilate was reluctant to condemn Jesus. History suggests otherwise, ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

The peasant parade carries a countercultural message: The weak and the powerless gathered together with the divine presence become the powerful. In Holy Week, God puts God’s thumb on the scale to ...

Tax day has changed history, with examples including the Rosetta Stone, Julius Caesar’s progressive policies, Caesar Augustus ...

The Phoenicians developed their ancient civilization with profits from the lucrative maritime trade of the Mediterranean.

A large house or farm stood there from around 1350, according to lokalhistoriewiki.no (link in Norwegian). In 1602, Christian ...

Whether through conquest, trade, or national reformation, the names of these cities carry stories of transformation, identity, and resilience. Let’s explore some of the cities around the MENA region ...

31. Augusta – Majestic, venerable 32. Livia – Blue, envious, or related to olive trees 33. Martina – Little Mars, or warlike ...

These iconic European rulers are the gold standard when it comes to running an empire. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re ...

Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...

A metal detectorist from England spent six years searching a single field before locating a rare Roman coin from 69 A.D. The coin, believed to be the only of its kind discovered in the British Isles, ...

The critical point was, again the Middle Ages, and there you had an adversarial position between the church and the state ...