And migration then — much like today — "is always multifactorial" and split between complex push and pull factors. Even so, understanding the mini ice age's effects on the Western Roman Empire may ...

Gelasius is also responsible for a popular celebration which is still marked every year - establishing St Valentine's Day on ...

One of the farthest corners of the Roman Empire, Judaea was a land of ancient ... Its population had split into hostile groups. Preachers and prophets roamed the countryside, drawing enormous ...

Before Pope Francis, Pope Benedict XVI was the leader of the Catholic Church. Benedict, a German-born academic, was one of the oldest popes to take charge of the church from 2005 until his retirement ...

It's the first physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman Empire. Forced to fight animals and each other for entertainment, gladiators loom large in the public imagination of the ...