When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

Namely, there are some institutions that are so sturdy, so ancient ... Church and the Vatican similarly to the way Lord Byron used Bede’s words to describe the Colosseum. In their view, if ...

At its peak in the second century A.D., the empire sent soldiers to patrol a front that ... the prevailing view of the ancient frontier as a fixed barrier separating Rome from hordes of hostile ...

A tourist in Italy has sparked fury after posing semi-nude for an impromptu photo shoot on the steps of a historic church. The American woman was spotted modeling in front of the doors of the ...

She had enormous property; it's been calculated, using rather conservative estimates of how you translate ancient ... of the church that called itself orthodox and based itself in Rome did not ...

For the ordinary people of the Jewish homeland, Rome was a kind of dominant political ... and really one of the architectural marvels of the ancient world, he not only increased enormously the ...

From people-watching on the Spanish steps to throwing a coin in the iconic Trevi fountain, here are 12 romantic destinations ...

This is especially true of historians, who contrast too cleanly an early pacifist church with ... across cultures. The ancient Greeks, for example, viewed their shepherd-rulers more equivocally, ...

Rome has been around for almost three thousand years and yet carries all that weight of history with a dolce vita lightness ...

Lightning struck Rome's Constantine Arch near the Colosseum during a violent thunderstorm, loosening fragments from the ...

Rome's ancient Colosseum has not had an arena floor ... Gladiatorial fights and other public spectacles were hosted in front of crowds of at least 50,000 people. While the coronavirus pandemic ...

It was a fitting place for the millennial aspiring politician, who was drawn to the Roman Catholic Church’s ancient ways ... “City of God” challenged Rome’s ruling class and drew Mr ...