The acclaimed romantic “horror” movie Ghost is a prime example of a film in which the main character is dead for the majority of the story. Sam Wheat ( Patrick Swayze) is murdered about 20 minutes in, ...

“Roman society built complex and very recognizable ... Luca Locatelli / INSTITUTE Emperor Commodus (sculpted as Hercules) claimed he was the reincarnated mythical hero. Alfredo Dagli Orti ...

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

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...

The second phase took place around 260 A.D. when another Roman emperor renovated the fort. Around the time of the fort’s second phase, the nearby ancient Roman city of Carnuntum began to decline ...

Susan Wright Photography In A.D. 143 or 144, when he was in his early 20s, the future Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius set out for the country estate of his adoptive father, Emperor Antoninus Pius.

It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often inflicted on social ...

W inning Best Picture at the Oscars in 2000, enduring as a classic over 20 years later, and having a sequel that was released ...

This is a time for great rejoicing and liturgical renewal. The official version of the Roman Missal is called the Latin Typical Edition. In 2002 the Holy See approved the Third Typical Edition of ...

Pagans in Europe and the Middle East gave presents at several winter festivals, including Saturnalia, a raucous Roman festival in honor of Saturn, god of agriculture, which began on Dec. 17.