Many different civilizations have risen in the Near East over the millennia and each had their own unique religion, though ...

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Humans just love a good tale of revenge. There is so much inherent drama, wrongs being righted, betrayal and catharsis. So it ...

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Belisarius is the much underrated military commander of the Byzantine Empire who helped reclaim huge swathes of the Roman Empire.

“Our research, combined with a careful reading of ancient sources, has led us to pinpoint the exact location of the battle, ...

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The life of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius (610–641), his military triumphs, reforms, and the establishment of Greek as the ...

The Western Roman Empire stumbled on for a few more decades ... For all Rome's might, no military is invincible. In 216 BC, Carthaginian general Hannibal marched his elephants over the Alps and ...

With every aspect of Roman life having a specific deity to call upon, it can be tricky to make sense of the ancient pantheon ...

Massinissa was instrumental in the ultimate destruction of Carthage at the hands of the ... sometimes described as the bread basket of the empire—is apparent in the richness of the artifacts ...