Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

Due to a unique set of circumstances at the beginning of the 16th century, a teenage monarch inherited much of Europe, ...

Back in 324AD, the first St Peters was knocked up - as it were - and it was still going strong in 800AD when Charlemagne spent his Christmas Day being crowned Holy Roman Emperor. Eight of the ...

Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate change. But historians say that the real story is likely much more complicated.

The idea of a Roman gladiator taking on a lion might sound like something from the recent blockbuster, Gladiator II. But it was a reality for one brave fighter 1,800 years ago - and we're not ...

The study contributes a vital new dimension to our knowledge of Roman Britain, reinforcing the region's deep connection to the empire's entertainment traditions. These findings offer new avenues ...

His trademark humility was genuine, and did much to strip away perceptions of an aloof “Holy Roman Empire”. He immediately discarded the showy red velvet slippers and ornate vestments ...

According to a recent study, the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA), a climate crisis in the 6th century lasting 200 to 300 years, may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire ...

It was there that Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in 800 CE. Not much of the original basilica remains, but a piece of a mosaic from the 8th century can still be found at ...

Francis visited the same Roman prison on Holy Thursday in 2018 to celebrate the mass “In Coena Domini” -- or The Lord’s Supper -- with the traditional rite of washing feet to commemorate what Jesus ...

Pope Francis meets with inmates during his visit to the Regina Coeli penitentiary in Rome on Holy Thursday, Thursday, April 17, 2025. Vatican Media via AP, HO Francis visited the same Roman prison ...