Events from this week in Christian history include the death of Saint Theodosius of the Caves, the sacking of Rome and the ...

A remarkable manuscript discovered in Rome has brought to light a rare early copy of Cædmon's Hymn, widely considered the oldest known poem in the English language. Dating to the early ninth century, ...

An early ninth-century manuscript containing a text of the first known poem in the English language has been discovered in ...

If there can be any such person as a "favorite classicist," Mary Beard fills that bill. Erudite but accessible, appealing on and off the page, Beard reaches both a readership familiar with ancient ...

“There is nothing more irresistible to an artist than an invitation to come to Italy, and Rome in particular,” Pepi Marchetti Franchi, founding director of Gagosian Rome, tells me. And she’s right.

The Roman Empire may have left an amazing legacy — but men allegedly "geek out" about the period more often than expected. A recent TikTok trend prompted women to ask the men in their lives how often ...

Beginning in the Renaissance, locals affixed verses protesting various societal ills to six sculptures scattered across the Italian city Elizabeth Djinis | History Correspondent A grand tour of Rome’s ...

April 21 history highlights Rome's founding, Henry VIII's coronation, Texas' Battle of San Jacinto, Red Baron's death, and ...

If you are like me, you are headed home for the holidays. While there may be an even longer list of taboo dinner table subjects this year than any other, the two things we can all agree on is that ...

ROME — Buongiorno, my hundreds of fellow tourists crowding the Trevi Fountain on this bright spring day. Doesn’t it look magnificent? Isn’t it grand? Aren’t you happy to be the first high-season ...