The Holy Roman Empire, despite the name, was Germanic, but why was it called Roman if it had nothing to do with the Romans?

America First is a strategy of invincible self-defense against foreign invasion; a threat to annihilate any aggressor; and by ...

The ruins of Augusta Raurica near Basel, Switzerland are home to the best-preserved Roman theater north of the Alps.

The domains of the Habsburgs formed a political and cultural patchwork that would come under increasing strain.

A little-known empress from the early to mid-17th century was the Infanta Maria Anna of Spain. Not only was she married to an ...

Christianity spread across the Roman Empire through persecution, cultural adaptation, and the transformation of pagan beliefs ...

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In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine ...

Robins are a beautiful North American bird who love to sing. Plant this bush to hear them before spring starts.

Seven Rivers is story of the Nile, Danube, Niger, Mississippi, Ganges, Yangtze and the Thames. It is a story of imperial frontiers, alluvial gold, kidnappings, slavery, anticolonialism and creation ...

There likely would not have been a “Holy Roman Empire,” and thus, how different might world history have been? There would not be a Roman Catholic Church, or a Vatican, where its leader, the Pope, is ...

If someone told you it rained fish once upon a time, would you believe them? You'd be forgiven if you said "no." But get this ...