Stepping back into the annals of history, few figures loom as large and captivating as Charlemagne, a monarch whose life was ...

Amid the constant military campaigns, there was also the “Plague of Justinian,” one of history’s worst pandemics, that ...

The Western Roman Empire famously ended in A.D. 476 when its last emperor abdicated the throne. But the city of Rome ...

The Eastern and Western Roman Empires had a layered history, experienced a major division, and left lasting cultural and religious effects.