Pope Leo XIV received on June 17 at the Vatican the bishops of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI, by its Italian acronym), ...

The Franks, a Germanic tribe that rose to prominence during the fall of the Roman Empire, played a central role in the ...

The ancient remains of a section of the original Watling Street were recently uncovered during roadworks in Old Kent Road ...

1,700 years ago. Constantine had a palace by the lake. He summoned the bishops of the church and told them to settle their theological differences. He had united the Roman Empire at the Battle of ...

They are those which prior to the overthrow of the German, or Holy Roman Empire, enjoyed the right of ... of Vienna settled down to rearrange the map of Europe, which had been so entirely ...

Half a century later, when Bonaparte dissolved the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, these arguments had ceased to serve their purpose. Despite a lack of maps, which makes it difficult to grasp the ...

His trademark humility was genuine, and did much to strip away perceptions of an aloof “Holy Roman Empire”. He immediately discarded the showy red velvet slippers and ornate vestments ...

For anyone trying to make sense of the situation on the continent, with Emperor Charles V, the Holy Roman Empire, and the pope, Kirsten Claiden-Yardley shed some light. “When Henry VIII declared ...

also known as Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire. Beginning in the 20th century, similar titles were frequently used to describe the United States. If nothing else, empires may rise and fall ...

The second and eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbutte, Maria Theresa was immediately acknowledged as the rightful heir of the Holy ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman ... an illegitimate emperor of the Western Roman Empire who reigned for only two years (392 to 394).

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 1,700-year-old oil lamp decorated with rare Jewish artwork, including a unique menorah — a surprise given that the Roman Empire had tried to ...