Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

Christianity spread across the Roman Empire through persecution, cultural adaptation, and the transformation of pagan beliefs ...

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Constantine’s battles for control of the Roman Empire reshaped both politics and religion. After adopting the Christian symbol before the Milvian Bridge in 312, he defeated his rivals and unified the ...

In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine received a vision from God: if he embraced Christianity he would win. His ...

The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of ...

Pope Leo XIV got into the Christmas spirit Monday by taking part in a very Roman papal tradition: praying for peace at a statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps on the December 8 feast day that ...

A rare example of a sun hat from late Roman Egypt that was stitched together from fabrics in five colors. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

The hat lay flattened and moth-eaten for more than a century in a museum box. Now, the rare 2,000-year-old headpiece (made for a Roman soldier stationed in the searing heat of Egypt) has been restored ...

Think of the largest and most iconic sculptures on the planet. Do the Statue of Liberty in New York or Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro come to mind? Now, an even taller statue has debuted: the ...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Investigators believe that the theft of several ancient statues dating back to the Roman era from Syria’s national museum was likely the work of an individual, not an organized ...