It’s not as farfetched as it may seem. Eboracum was home to the 6th Legion of the Roman Empire, which had several soldiers who came from North Africa. In fact, Pearce notes Roman-era pottery ...

Thanks to modern-day literature and films—and the fact that ancient amphitheaters remain standing throughout the former Roman Empire, notably the Colosseum in Rome—warring gladiators are one ...

From 500 BCE on, the Roman Empire extended its territory across parts of Europe and North Africa until its frontier totaled some 7,500 kilometres by the 2nd century. The Romanian segment, the Dacian ...

ROMAN FURY maintained his unbeaten record with a stoppage win on the undercard of brother Tommy's ring return. The new heavyweight prospect made his first outing in over a year in the co-main ...

said he did not think the fact that Pope Leo was from the United States "carried much weight" in the decision to elect him as the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Timothy Dolan ...

but it was prized for its picturesque setting symmetrically planted between two hills along the ancient wall built by Emperor Hadrian in A.D. 122 to protect the northwest frontier of the Roman ...

A man (Nicolas Cage) looking to buy a house in a seaside community comes into increasingly violent conflict with a territorial group of surfers. We never learn the name of Nicolas Cage’s ...

The number of Catholics worldwide rose by approximately 13.7 million, reaching a total of 1.389 billion, by 2022, the most recent figures available, according to the latest statistics released by ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church A short time after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel on the afternoon of Thursday ...

In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheatres in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial spectacles were not merely human-versus-human affairs. Gladiators also ...

She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago was elected pope on Thursday, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church. He has chosen the papal ...