Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, a proponent of Stoicism, believed inner discipline was key to true authority. His reign, ...

NEARLY 2000 years after the first legionary trudged on to Scottish soil, the Roman Empire’s attempted conquests of Scotland ...

In the December 30 episode of The Young and the Restless, Victor gives Michael a kind and thoughtful gift. But of course, ...

Papyri from the Roman Empire provide authentic insight into how Christians in antiquity imagined Joseph and Mary's experiences with the census.

Notorious for hedonism and sacrilege, the excesses of Elagabalus were too much, even for the Roman Empire. Lounging in a golden robe and crown, the Roman emperor Elagabalis looks on as his guests are ...

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In the wake of WWI, Pope Pius XI reminded his readers that governments instituted by men can never be perfect, and they ...

King for a day? How about emperor for two months? Between A.D. 260 and 274, a succession of generals ruled over the Gallic Empire, a breakaway state from the Roman Empire that included the provinces ...

Defined by the men in their lives, women in ancient Rome were valued mainly as wives and mothers. Although some were allowed more freedom than others, there was always a limit, even for the daughter ...

When the emperor Hadrian visited the province of Britannia in A.D. 122, he was in full command of the entire Roman Empire, which stretched some 2,500 miles east from northern Great Britain to ...

The time has nearly arrived. Six weeks from this Sunday, on Nov. 27, the First Sunday of Advent, the Catholic Church in the United States will begin praying a new English translation of the Mass.