A study of the Roman conquest of Anatolia reveals how imperial expansion fueled economic growth but ultimately triggered ...

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

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

What if the guiding narrative of 2,000 years of human history was a slow march toward the worship of money? A new book by ...

What if Julian hadn't died on campaign? Would the Roman Empire have avoided collapse or simply delayed it? We explore a different future where Julian changes everything.

Witness the entire story of the Roman Empire’s rise and fall through powerful visual charts. From conquests to collapse, the data tells it all in just minutes.

Historian Victor Davis Hanson chronicles the parallels between empires of the past and America today on walls and border ...

Roman soldiers typically stayed at temporary camps for a few days or weeks before continuing marching. The Hoog Buurlo camp ...

As some of you perhaps know, I was in Rome earlier this month, providing commentary for various news networks who were covering the papal conclave. It was a fascinating, exhausting, and exhilarating s ...

It’s spring — it says so on the calendar, and apart from last week’s nor’easter,  spring means salad. Not church supper ...

It matters that the new pope, Leo XIV, is a son of Saint Augustine. Catherine Conybeare is a Leslie Clark Professor in the ...

Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of the Sun, where he covers politics and culture. He holds a PhD from Harvard and a law ...