Gammarelli tailors in Rome have dressed every new pope since the last century, but this time, frugal Francis may have ...

When we think of the Renaissance era in Western Europe our thoughts generally tend towards the opulence and wealth of ruling ...

In Medieval times… there was a lot of incest. So much so that the royal lineage eventually formed two branches, both with claims to the throne. The Lancastrians symbolized with a red rose, and The ...

For decades, historians have debated to what extent climate cooling may have influenced the decline of the Roman Empire. This new study provides physical evidence that reinforces the hypothesis that ...

Games, gowns, Latin and the birch (or their modern equivalents: PE, blazers, applied maths and permanent exclusion) all seem to be of an era long past the Elizabethan age with which Nicholas Orme ends ...

I grew up in Cittadella, a beautiful medieval city in Italy ... what is now part of the Czech Republic and one of the most influential states of the Holy Roman Empire – in painstaking detail. Jo ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...

Reiner Riedler / Vienna Museum Researchers suspect the fighting took place sometime in the late first century C.E.—probably between 86 and 96 C.E. during the Roman Empire’s Danube campaigns ...

Join us for the first series of History’s Greatest Battles, where we’re heading back to the Roman empire. Emily Briffett is joined by historian Dr Adrian Goldsworthy to look back at five of the most ...

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But finding the dead, that is unique for the entire Roman history." Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the 3rd century. The pit where the bodies were deposited suggests a ...

Customers are lavishing compliments on a chic shirt dress from Roman, enthusing that it evokes the timeless style of 'Mamma Mia' and is an ideal choice for the spring and summer. The Royal Blue ...