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 ...