Despite falling around 2,500 years ago, the Roman Empire can still be felt in aspects of everyday life —from Latin, which ...

Marcus Aurelius, the philosopher-king, faced crises while ruling the Roman Empire, as reflected in his personal \"Meditations ...

The British model provides a striking contrast. Since the 1996 Treasure Act, British law has required that significant ...

How do you keep calm in times of crisis? What do people need to be happy? Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius is often quoted ...

The Feast of Holy Pentecost is celebrated each year on the fiftieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha (Easter) and ...

In our love for Peter and Paul, we’ll keep good company. St. Thomas Aquinas called them the “princes of the Apostles” and ...

The Suda, the massive tome written by a Byzantine scholar around the year 1100, was one of the world's first encyclopedias ...

The cardinals would sit in a hall in a half circle with the dean of the college of cardinals, the Italian Giovanni Battista, ...

All autobiography is inherently mendacious, if only by omission and with the intent of protecting the innocent. In ...

The wall is nearly 2,000 years old and had once marked the edge of the Roman Empire. The sycamore tree that grew where the ancient wall dipped between two hills was aptly named the Sycamore Gap tree.

Spending a weekend in Alexandria? Skip the packed beaches and busy cafés, these museums are calm, underrated gems where you ...

This Sunday is the feast of Pentecost, fifty days from Passover (hence the name), in the Jewish calendar the festival of ...