Vintage engraving of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of both the Spanish Empire as Charles I from 1516 and the Holy Roman Empire as Charles V from 1519, ...

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies ... been plundered and wrecked by Judaea’s foreign rulers. The third time, it had been rebuilt by Herod ...

Here are 15 questions to test your knowledge of the rulers of the Roman Empire. Good luck! And if you need a hint click the yellow button. Tom Metcalfe is a freelance journalist and regular Live ...