For most of history, war was the rule and peace the pause. “War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern ...

This lecture will retrace the journey of both works, from Italy to the United States, using archival sources and the diverse ...

Almost 1800 years after Rome’s founding, the people we call Byzantines still thought of themselves as part of the same ...

Malaka, an ancient Phoenician city in today's Spain, thrived as a Mediterranean hub enriched by Greek trade, art, and ...

The ancient Athenian writer Isocrates (436–338 BC) once commented: "Many cities judge those who excel in the athletic ...

I traveled to an ancient world to see a future version of America. The “No Kings” chant is a bit off. Donald Trump’s true ...

A new academic study highlights how medical ideas from ancient Greece and Rome helped shape the principles that guide modern psychiatry today. Researchers found that early thinkers in the classical ...

At the beginning of his pontificate, Leo declared himself to be a “son of St. Augustine.” He also committed himself to ...

These are "incredible times," the great director tells Fortune, "more incredible than anything we ever had in human history." ...

Nearly 60 works from the legendary Torlonia Collection, hidden for decades, showcase the splendor of ancient Rome at the ...

If you were into Spartacus for the brutal clashes the betrayals that went one step too far and indiscriminate slaughter you'd be in good company.

There is little in modern politics that was not done two thousand years ago, and so what happened in Athens and Rome offers lessons for us today. The Greeks were the most inventive, developing ...