Once the center of the ancient Roman empire, today it’s one of the most popular cities ... The Pamphilj family once privately ...

In 1204, during the Fourth Crusade, Crusaders diverted from their mission to the Holy Land and instead sacked Constantinople, the heart of the Byzantine Empire. Driven by a mix of financial debts, ...

A local historian went to Rome for the first time during the conclave. But he wasn’t expecting ‘that’ kind of history.

The life and death of Charles V, who ruled Europe’s greatest empire from Brussels Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was the most powerful man in Europe in the early 16th century, running a territory that ...

Before Elon Musk became the richest man in the world, there was Jacob Fugger, a 16th-century banker worth $400 billion in today's money. But unlike Musk, Fugger knew the limits of his power and ...

NISKAYUNA — The construction of a Holocaust memorial and education center being spearheaded by a local orthodontist seemed destined for land along Route 7 land formerly owned by the Albany Roman ...

Elected in A.D. 795, Pope Leo III was the pope who crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman emperor—setting the stage for a Great Schism that would come under one of his namesake successors.

THE "MEDIATIZED" -- OR THE "HIGH NOBILITY" OF EUROPE; Consisting of Something Like Fifty families Which Enjoyed-Petty Sovereignty Before the Holy Roman Empire's Overthrow, They Still Exercise ...

Archbishop Diego Ravelli, papal master of ceremonies, announced the planned Holy Week schedule, which will begin on Palm Sunday, April 13, with Mass in St. Peter’s Square at 10 a.m. local time ...

The spring equinox on March 20 prededed the British empire’s literal sunset. Credit: Reddit / TuTiempo.net It didn’t stay dark for Britain too long, however.

A new study led by Professor Jodi Magness of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and published in the journal PLOS ONE reflects the discovery of a monumental synagogue at Huqoq in the ...

A ruthless ruler and opponent, devoted wife and mother to sixteen children, Maria Theresa’s forty year rule over her European territories is nothing if not miraculous. The second and eldest surviving ...