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

This discovery upends what scholars thought they knew about the spread of Christianity. Within the Roman Empire, Christianity was strongest in the Greek east. Also, most of the early major Christian ...

Danish archaeologists recently announced the discovery during an excavation of a variety of weapons and armor dating to the ...

What if the story behind Valentine’s Day isn’t just a legend? In "The Legend of Valentine," award-winning filmmaker Sheldon ...

A scholar of medieval Christianity explores the history of Christians who spoke out, unafraid to risk official censure or ...

a Roman military officer who was killed for spreading the Christian faith in 286. She lived in the Roman Empire during the reign of Diocletian, and died in 288. According to legend, she attended ...

stashed by a Roman soldier after he returned to the European continent Eli Wizevich Three of the coins are particularly rare: They portray Eugenius, an illegitimate emperor who reigned for just ...

Mediterranean; Ancient Period Roman Empire Early Christianity and Social History Jaclyn Maxwell is Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of History. Her research focuses on ...

Arbogast was a Frank–the Germanic-speaking peoples who invaded the Western Roman Empire during the Fifth Century. When Christianity was becoming increasingly dominant in the Roman Empire ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the foundations of a small, tower-like Roman fort.

In an early episode, one of their clients (who probably thinks about the Roman Empire a lot) announces that he is off to Dubai for a week of ... Some simple kindness would have helped. Since 1900, the ...

We have previously discussed the Crisis of the 3rd Century, that period of antiquity also known as the Anarchy of the 3rd ...