Other Roman rulers sought to expand the empire during their reign.Emperor Trajan ... of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the most holy site for Jews, by Roman forces; the abandonment of Qumran ...

So formidable was he, the rulers of the Byzantine Empire—the continuum of the Roman ... and the defender of the Christian faith. As Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne instituted cultural, economic ...

The Holy Roman Empire, which also lasted about 1,000 years ... combined with internal power struggles, ineffective rulers, and other factors, the Western Roman Empire finally succumbed in 476 ...

The Holy Roman Empire, which also lasted about 1,000 years ... combined with internal power struggles, ineffective rulers, and other factors, the Western Roman Empire finally succumbed in 476 ...

The French writer and historian Voltaire famously quipped that the Holy Roman Empire was neither ... in prestigious monasteries. Rulers and aristocrats of the Empire relied on these skilled ...