Papyri from the Roman Empire provide authentic insight into how Christians in antiquity imagined Joseph and Mary's ...

But all has been changed. For half a century, learned men have been busily employed in pulling down the edifice of Roman history, until they have unsettled everybody’s faith in that history. No one ...

What happens when the greatest empire in the world pulls out and leaves you to your fate? Who fills the power vacuum? Who keeps law and order? How does civilisation survive? AD 410: the Empire is in ...

The Roman Empire is arguably the most impressive culture in human history. The Romans conquered and subdued several powerful ...

In AD 79 Agricola, the Roman governor of Britannia, sent a fleet to survey Scotland's coast. As Agricola advanced, conquering southern Scotland by AD 83, the Caledonian tribes faced imminent invasion.

Unfunded pensions have been around for thousands of years—even as far back as the Roman Republic. As we were reporting on the problem of unfunded pensions in Pennsylvania, it occurred to us to ask: ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. If you’ve heard the phrase “this is my Roman Empire” swirling ...

The title of Michael Moorcock’s novel Byzantium Endures, published in 1981, captures with one verb the conventional picture of a whole civilisation. Byzantium’s antiquity and grandeur are timeless and ...

I am honored to give a lecture named after Russell Kirk, who told us to ponder the permanent things, such as history and human nature. It is about human nature and history that I want to speak to you ...

Three different theories trace the Christmas tree back to the 1400s or 1500s. Two others go even further back.