Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II.” Its fall is said to be imminent. The dream it once symbolized is dead. The once high-minded ideals of the Roman Empire have deteriorated ...

During the next century, Christians perished in China completely. With the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, China once again ...

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Hellenization under Alexander the Great saw many people assimilated into Greek culture, including the Hellenistic Jews.

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Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...

The fall of Alabama began last season -- not in Saturday's loss to Tennessee. But for an unthinkable fourth-and-31 conversion on the last play of the Auburn game, Alabama wouldn’t have made ...

In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

Caledonia, as it was known then, was a frustrating place to be a Roman commander. Rome tried three times to conquer it—and ...

Digging into the pale brown dirt of southern France, archaeologists painstakingly revealed more and more of a rare ancient Roman site. One structure in particular caught their attention — and for good ...

Climate change has played a crucial role in shaping societies throughout history. Recently, a study led by Chinese ...