Explore the Roman Empire's history, from its founding to its lasting impact on law, language, architecture, and culture.

Why did the Western Roman Empire truly fall? For centuries, Rome stood as one of the most powerful and stable civilizations ...

After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the exiled Byzantine claimant Andreas Palaiologos bequeathed the imperial title in 1502 to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Though the ...

Delve into the intriguing history and significance of the Ides of March, a day that has fascinated historians and conspiracy theorists alike for centuries.

There has never been a singular Christian perspective on how religion, power and politics ought to relate to each other – not ...

After the death of Alexander the Great, a eunuch named Philetaerus established the ancient Greek city of Pergamon a major center of power.

Production has kicked off the series adaptation of Ubisoft’s video game juggernaut, with Westworld‘s Roberto Patino and The Killing‘s David Wiener on board as showrunners. Set firmly in the Roman ...

Between 1347 and 1353, Europe was gripped by the most catastrophic pandemic in its history: the Black Death. Killing many millions, the plague wiped out between one-third and a half of Europe's ...

Rana Dasgupta’s globe-spanning history focuses on the US, China, Britain and France — but overlooks Russia and the impact of ...

The West appears to many not only to be declining, but to be flailing around like ‘an ineffectual angel beating its wings in the void’.

Great companies don't fail for because they're too proud or lazy. They fail because they're structurally built to optimize the present — and miss the future entirely.

The 20th-century art historian Kenneth Clark made a distinction between the “naked,” meaning unclothed and ashamed, and the “nude,” meaning the body in its most beautiful form. Most people today use ...