Here’s a brief history of how a humble village on a scrubby hilltop became the Holy City that provoked ... He named his conquest The City of David and made it the capital of his new realm.

Emperor Constantine (ca A.D. 280– 337) reigned over a major transition in the Roman Empire—and much more. His acceptance of Christianity and his establishment of an eastern capital city ...

The case of Nuremberg is truly exceptional: it was both an independent city-state and the "unofficial capital" of the Holy Roman Empire. While Nuremberg may not have been capital in name ...

Perga’s was once a key sculpture-producing location for the entire Roman Empire. The city of Perga was renowned throughout the Roman Empire for its skilled laborers’ production of marble ...