My partner Terry has been panicking since we left Dublin Airport - he doesn't want to be underdressed for our weekend, but he ...

What role did the Holy Roman Empire play in the first colonial conquests of the early modern period? What was the role of its princes, institutions, diplomacy, sailors, and merchants? The modern ...

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 ...

Here we have physical evidence for the spectacle of the Roman Empire and the dangerous gladiatorial combat on show. This provides new evidence to support our understanding of the past." ...

And according to a study published April 23 in the journal PLOS One, the skeleton displays the first-ever evidence of human-animal combat in Europe during the Roman Empire. Gladiator combat is a ...

Rome's Gammarelli tailors traditionally prepare the vestments for the new pope, but this time say they have not been asked by ...

The idea of a Roman gladiator taking on a lion might sound like something from the recent blockbuster, Gladiator II. But it was a reality for one brave fighter 1,800 years ago - and we're not ...

What is Israel's Independence Day and how is it celebrated? In this guide, cover a short history, with facts about the ...

Brian Baker, president and CEO of Baker Liturgical Art in Connecticut, reflected on the late Pope Francis, one of three popes ...

Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate change. But historians say that the real story is likely much more complicated.

ROME (Italy), April 27, 2025 (BSS) - Silvano Maria Tomasi, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, has called on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his hotel here. Cardinal Prefect of the ...

Virginia Giuffre’s family revealed that she died by suicide on April 24 at the age of 41. "Giuffre lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse and sex trafficking.