In Late Antiquity, Christian leaders condemned paganism, sometimes leading to violent attacks on divine statues. What do ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

idge fort near Stopfenreuth occurred between 170 and 180 CE during the Marcomannic Wars. This period was marked by conflict ...

When we think of Rome and the Pope, we don't necessarily think of a Greek Pope. However, many Popes in the past had been of ...

The first skeletal evidence of a gladiator show or execution involving an exotic animal comes from a Roman British man with bite marks from a lion.

From Rome’s fall to Christianity’s rise ... Holland examines the Roman Empire during its so-called era of peace - from the reign of Augustus through to Hadrian. Far from tranquil, the period ...

In the mid-3rd century CE, Emperor Decius ordered that everyone in the Roman Empire is to offer a sacrifice to the Roman gods. This caused a controversy among Christian communities as bunches of ...

He is traditionally regarded as the pope during the reign of Emperor Constantine, who legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire through the Edict of Milan. While Sylvester's direct influence on ...

A conservative Catholic revival has been brewing for decades in the US in response to liberalising reforms to the Church in ...

before achieving her greatest renown in the early Roman empire. During this final period, her cult presented one of the most formidable and enduring rivalries to early Christianity. According to ...

Among the oldest traditions that mark the funeral preparations for Pope Francis is the destruction of his signet ring, the ...