Despite the fall of the Western Roman Empire, many Roman urban centers continued to influence the region well into 700 AD. Discover their lasting impact here.

Digging into the chalky orange-brown soil of western Germany, archaeologists exposed the ruins of an ancient Roman military ...

On June 28, the church celebrates the feast day of St. Irenaeus of Lyon, the most recently declared doctor of the church.

Sure, you’d expect the best Roman games to feature a great deal of military might, after all war is what forged the Imperium ...

The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly ...

The night sky in July a phenomenon that reminds skywatchers how remarkable it is just to be alive and to experience such ...

Square in Shiraz, Fars Province, tells the story of the triumph of the ancient civilization of Iran, whether it be over the ...

The history of Modern Greek at Harvard University began in 1828, just a few years after the Greek War of Independence started ...

One of the many things mentioned after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was that Al Qaeda had chosen that date as a ...

America inherited the core institutional framework of Europe (especially Britain) but refined and amplified it through ...

Western Civilization has brought great advances in culture and economics, yet no one is more relentless in trying to destroy ...

Italians are sick of tourists. No, really — they are tired of American summer visitors who travel en masse to their ...