Popular media, such as the 2000 film "Gladiator," often depict Roman gladiators in gory battles that don't end until at least ...

Saints Victor and Corona (also known as Saints Victor and Stephanie) are two Christian martyrs. Victor was a Roman soldier ...

Archaeologists discovered a hidden trove of ancient Roman silver coins on the island of Pantelleria near Sicily.

For hundreds of years, the territory of modern Ukraine was divided between various European powers—primarily the Russian and ...

When Derek Carr flicks his tattooed right wrist to throw a pass as the Saints' quarterback, he's always representing ...

Boethius offers both intellectual stimulation and spiritual succour. So why, 1500 years after his death, is he so ...

Dalrymple’s book argues that ideas originating in India have influenced a wider swathe of the world around it, rewiring ...

More than a year after the Titan submersible imploded, killing all five voyagers on board, the story of the ill-fated expedition to the Titanic has taken the form of a modern-day Greek tragedy ...

By the end of our time in Albania, much like our initial uneasy approach to travelling here with our son, Finley is ...

More than a year after the Titan submersible imploded, killing all five voyagers on board, the story of the ill-fated ...

The first 2,000-year-old date seedling was named Methuselah (after the longest-lived person in the Bible) and is now ...