Of course, since Peter the disciple was crowned the first pope by Jesus Christ, all 266 popes have been men. However, legend ...

But as the empire began its long decline—Rome ... a rendering of the entire Roman road network, and 550 illustrations of rest stops, Roman amphitheaters and other features along the routes ...

However, in 44 B.C., Julius Caesar reestablished Carthage as a Roman city. Soon, the fertile regions of northern Tunisia were responsible for much of empire ... as a rare illustration of an ...

A new exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art puts 17th-century artist phenom Rachel Ruysch back in the spotlight.

In Texas, a red state, a school district has taken the concept of modesty a bit far, banning the Virgina state flag and seal ...

A study led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that a series of extreme droughts between the years 364 and 366 AD ...

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite ...

Ongoing digs at a Roman villa in the town of Villajoyosa in Spain, have revealed more than 4,000 fragments of wall paintings.

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

Rocky cliffs on Iceland's Coast (Image Credit: EricLiu08/Shutterstock) Though the collapse of the Roman Empire can be tied to a variety of factors, recent research has suggested that an ice age began ...