Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

The U.S.-born leader of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East discusses the rapid decline of Christianity ...

Herodian’s History of the Roman Empire starts with the observation that “in a period of 60 years, the Roman imperial power ...

Charles in chargeA bronze likeness of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, created in 1555. Under Charles V (who was also Charles I of Spain), Pizarro began to forge an empire for Spain in the Americas.

The fall of Constantinople, on May 29,1453 was the final phase of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars and the darkest page in Greek ...

May 29, 1453, marks a dark chapter in the history of our people and the world, the dramatic fall of the Queen of Cities, ...

When he was 16, he became co-monarch of Spain and its many dominions. And by 19, he would become Holy Roman Emperor, a title he acquired after bribing the princes who were the electors. Before he had ...

The Roman Empire was one of the largest empires in history. It grew out of the earlier Roman Republic, when Octavian became Emperor Augustus in 27 BC. The empire remained largely intact until 476 AD, ...

The series starts Monday, 16th June at 9pm on Sky HISTORY. At its zenith in 117 AD, the Roman Empire stretched from the cold fringes of northern Britain to the deepest valleys of the Nile. Many who ...

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