The fall of the Roman Empire remains one of the most intriguing and widely studied events in human history. While traditional ...

From 180 to 192 C.E., Emperor Commodus ruled ancient Rome with an insatiable lust for power that brought an end to the fabled ...

Many people are using the concept of fallen empire to talk about the plight of the once mighty Dublin senior footballers, ...

The coming papal conclave is just days away and, within days or weeks of the doors to the Sistine Chapel closing, the ...

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

Byzantine architecture has had a profound influence across the world, including in the Balkans, Middle East, and North ...

A Filipino or Congolese pope would signal that Catholicism’s demographic heart now beats in Manila and Kinshasa, rather than ...

As someone who’s studied Ancient Rome for years, I’ve recently been asked which Roman emperor was most like Donald Trump. In ...

The War in Vietnam pushed me out of academia, turned me into an anti-imperialist and cast a long shadow on my life. The March ...

Billie Eilish’s blend of jazz and electronic music diverges from the work of any pop star before her. Shaboozey combines ...

Greek scholars made numerous and vital contributions to Italy’s Renaissance, helping bridge Eastern and Western intellectual ...