Constantine II, the former King of Greece, passed away on January 10, 2023, at the age of 82. He was the last king of the ...

Causantín mac Áeda (Modern Gaelic: Còiseam mac Aoidh, anglicised Constantine II; born no later than 879 – died 952) was an early King of Scotland, known then by the Gaelic name Alba. The Kingdom of ...

Byzantine emperors were not gods, yet they staged a sacred politics, casting themselves as heaven's image through ritual, law ...

(, Iōannēs Komnēnos; – 12 July 1067) was a Byzantine aristocrat and military leader. The younger brother of Emperor Isaac I ...

In the first quarter of the 11th century, a force of Kievan Rus' warriors sailed for Constantinople hoping to join the ...

Emperor Hadrian had built a pagan temple on the site of the purported tomb and crucifixion in about 135 CE in order to ...

Each September the Church celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Sept. 14, and the memorial of Our Lady ...

Basilica di San Pietro anchors Vatikanstadt with its vast nave, soaring dome and layered history of Constantine, Michelangelo ...

Helen, later to be revered as a Saint, appears to have uncovered traditions among Jerusalem’s Christian residents that placed ...

Constantine created Constantinople’s Senate as part of his new Roman capital, and its senatorial order eventually reached 2,000 members. Though usually subordinate to the emperor, it occasionally ...

No political party on earth is as powerful, strong or wise as the Chinese Communist Party, according to its spokespeople. But there are cracks in the facade. Despite surging exports and tech ...

Greg Jenner is joined in ancient Rome by Professor Lucy Grig and comedian Ivo Graham to learn all about Emperor Constantine the Great and the Christianisation of the Roman empire. Born not in Rome but ...