His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite city – or so we thought ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

The restoration of a 26.5-meter-tall (86.94-foot-tall), 2,000-year-old lighthouse commissioned by Roman Emperor Nero in the ...

One account, written in the mid-second century or later, and not included in the New Testament, even claimed that Jesus’ crucifixion was not ordered by Pilate. Instead, it blamed Herod Antipas, the ...

1. Caecilia – Blind 2. Cassius – Empty, or vain 3. Claudia – Lame, or limping 4. Cornelia – Horn 5. Crispin – Curly-haired 6.

The earliest conspiracy theories can be traced to ancient Rome, when it was widely believed that Emperor Nero faked his own ...

From its elegant capital of Trieste to its white wine and sandy beaches, Friuli-Venezia Giulia has been overlooked for far too long ...

The fate of plotters varied depending on the emperor’s disposition and the circumstances of the plot. Some emperors, such as ...