The pope’s embrace of literature and history is a sharp contrast to some of his predecessors, a medievalist explains.

While this trend's popularity spread quickly on social media, it had other impacts as well; it launched a 1,900-year-old ...

The Vatican may have been home to a series of 16 erotic frescos that were quickly turned into a booklet with accompanying ...

While the triumphal arches of the republican era were short-lived wooden structures, the commemorative arches of the empire, made from stone and Roman cement (opus caementicium), were designed to ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed. Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town ...

The Roman Empire gave its place to the Roman Catholic Church. Photo of the facade of the Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. Credit: Alvesgaspar Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 When the Roman Empire ...

A 2000 year old novel, considered a “gossip-y” account of the Roman Emperors’ personal lives, has entered the book's bestseller charts. The Lives of the Caesars, originally written in Latin ...

When we last left Frederick II, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor after years of struggle. But this episode dives into Frederick’s fraught relationship with the papacy, his bold diplomacy with ...