In 552 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire launched a final offensive to retake Italy from the Ostrogoths. Led by the general Narses, the Roman forces confronted King Totila near the town of Taginae. What ...

Aesop's Fables are some of the most famous ancient Greek tales with moral lessons in history, and many of the tales are used to guide children ...

Does Quetzalcóatl care if you're naughty or nice? For one Christmas in Mexico, he did, and Santa was replaced by an ancient ...

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

This Roman senator wrote some of the greatest letters in history. Here’s how Pliny the Younger’s words have kept ancient Rome ...

In ancient Judaism and early Christianity, angels were portrayed as powerful beings who guarded the Garden of Eden, ...

At first, the archaeologists assumed the images came from Homer’s Iliad, the best-known account of the war. The scenes seemed ...

While there are many ancient texts focusing on Jesus as a baby and as a man, much less is known about him as a child. Here’s ...

The Battle of Pydna in 168 BC was arguably the most consequential clash between ancient Rome and the Kingdom of Macedon.

After years of poring over historical documents and reading voraciously, I made an important discovery that was published last year: The baptistery was built not by Florentines but for Florentines — ...

With December comes Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas and Yuletide. Here's how they are celebrated and what to know about the ...