Congrats to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred for removing Pete Rose, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson and several others from MLB’s permanently ineligible list. The new rule, ...

The author of influential books and essays, he was known for a contemporary theory of religion and Catholicism that advocated ...

Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long ...

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

We've asked ancient historian and archaeologist Dr. Simon Elliott to answer the most googled questions about the roman empire. 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - When was the Roman Republic? 01:22 - Who ruled the ...

Babylon It was the name of an ancient city of Mesopotamia of the region dominated by it. He flourished on the banks of the ...

Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and ...

According to Roman mythology, what was the origin of the Latin alphabet? What was its alleged connection to the script of the Greeks?

I was surprised at David Brooks’s reductive binary between pagans and Judeo-Christians. He depicts the Romans in a simplistic ...

Constantine’s ambiguous role reminds Christians in Asia that the relationship between Church and State must remain a dynamic ...

Archaeologists who are excavating the ancient city of Nineveh in Iraq have discovered a rare stone carving depicting the last ruler of the Assyrian Empire flanked by important gods. The slab was made ...

The Vatican Bank was shrouded in mystery and controversy for decades - and problems remain, even after a decade of reforms ...