In which John Green teaches you about the fall of the Roman Empire, which happened considerably later than you may have been told. While the Western Roman Empire fell to barbarians in 476 CE, the Byzantines in Constantinople continued...

Pula, located near the southern tip of Croatia's Istrian Peninsula, is the oldest city on the eastern Adriatic coast, rich in Roman and Byzantine heritage. Highlights include the Temple of Augustus, a monumental Roman amphitheatre among...

28 Historical Figures Mentioned in the New Testament

Who has the best claim to the title of Roman Emperor?

Roman Emperors Family Tree | Diocletian to Constantine VI

Roman Emperors Family Tree | Augustus to Diocletian

One of the most striking and best preserved parts of the Villa consists of a pool named Canopus and an artificial grotto named Serapeum. An Egyptian city named Canopus was where a temple named Serapeum was dedicated to the god Serapis....

Hadrian (76-138 AD) was the fourteenth Emperor of Rome. Hadrian was born Publius Aelius Hadrianus into a Hispano-Roman family. Although Italica near Santiponce (in modern-day Spain) is often considered his birthplace, his actual place of...

It is common knowledge that the Romans killed Christians in the first few centuries of the new religion's history. But we don't often ask why. What was it about Christianity that made the Romans want to persecute it?

This video explores five fun facts about Cleopatra.

The villa was constructed at Tibur (modern-day Tivoli) as a retreat from Rome for Roman Emperor Hadrian during the second and third decades of the 2nd century AD. Hadrian is said to have disliked the palace on the Palatine Hill in Rome,...