Historian Josephine Quinn explores how the Phoenicians and their great colony, Carthage, built a maritime empire that once overshadowed both Greece and Rome ...

The largest libraries of the ancient world weren’t mere book collections. They were centers of power, education, and survival across empires.

When Constantine fought his rivals for control of the Roman Empire, the outcome changed the course of history. In 312, before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, he reportedly saw a vision of the cross ...

Welcome to the realm of Saturn. In its energetic orbit, you'll encounter the values of discipline, hard work, and boundaries. Success achieved with integrity comes with time—there are no shortcuts to ...

An analysis of historical crises over the past 2,000 years offers lessons for avoiding the end times.

How many of us knew that Italy, the epicenter of Roman Catholicism, hosts some of the most exquisite and beautiful Byzantine churches?

Legend has it that when the Statue of Zeus was completed, the king of the gods announced his approval via a lightning bolt.

Organised jointly by the University of Münster and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, an international conference in Mid-October will focus on the Council of Nicaea 1,700 years ago and its ...

At the beginning of his pontificate, Leo declared himself to be a “son of St. Augustine.” He also committed himself to promoting the Church’s “treasury” of social teaching. For an Augustinian pope, ...

The missionaries’ service extends also to the Catholic University in Erbil, which McKenna called “a beacon of hope,” an institution fostering coexistence among religions and ethnicities in an ...

Mani Shankar Aiyar hails P.A. Nazareth’s Historical Perspectives as a vivid, accessible journey through world civilizations—erudite, engaging, and unexpectedly delightful.

Explore the 2,000-year history behind the Israel-Palestine conflict, from Roman renaming of Judaea as Syria Palaestina, through Jewish exile, Islamic rule, Ottoman governance, Zionist immigration, and ...