The Romanian government has long sought dozens of valuable paintings that it says the country’s last king took into exile in ...

Luther, Sasson and Scotten exercised conscientious objections to the dictates of their respective 16th and 21st century ...

The Mediterranean Sea used to be filled with pirates who terrorized not only Ancient Greece but Rome as well. Long before the ...

Sulla's ruthless campaigns in Greece, including the devastating siege of Athens, marked a turning point in Roman history.

Ahead of the king's coronation, subtle markings on the stone revealed previously unknown Roman numerals – XXXV, or 35. Now, an expert has revealed the meaning of this mysterious inscription ...

Roman emperor Augustus understood, just as Donald Trump does, that to stand at the head of a superpower is to stand as an ...

Michel de Nostradamus is recognised worldwide after publishing a book known as 'The Prophecies' in which he mentioned future ...

Romanian prime minister Marcel Ciolacu said a legal team is pursuing the recovery of the painting once owned by King Carol I of Romania ...

The mysterious inscription on the Stone of Destiny used in British coronations since the 13th century may have been solved. Also known as Stone of Scone, this ancient relic has been placed under the ...

Thank the Romans for that oddity. Before the Gregorian calendar used today, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC) set about ...

A haul of more than 400 coins from the early Roman era has been discovered by two metal detector enthusiasts near Utrecht. The gold and silver pieces date from 46 AD and include 44 coins bearing the ...

which is surrounded by Rome and is the residence of the spiritual leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. The King is ...