ANALYSIS: The country is facing many socio-political ills that many link to a spiritual vacuum but signs of a Catholic ...

Emperor Valens, eager to secure a swift victory in the Battle of Adrianople, underestimated the strength and tactics of the ...

Byzantium was named after its legendary founder, Byzas, and quickly grew in importance due to its location, which controlled ...

In the best restaurants along the Bosphorus strait Roman Abramovich’s high dining is setting tongues wagging as much as it once did in London. “I love Abramovich so much,” enthuses Omer ...

Their obsessive concern with belief is itself an inheritance from Christianity. In the ancient world Greco-Roman polytheism was not much concerned with what people believed, any more than Judaism was.

In the best restaurants along the Bosphorus strait Roman Abramovich’s high dining is setting tongues wagging as much as it once did in London. “I love Abramovich so much,” enthuses Omer Ataysin, an ...

Our programme is unique in the UK. It combines concentrated study of Greco-Roman and Semitic philology, in addition to other ancient Indo-European and Afroasiatic languages, and provides students with ...

Jack Daniels whiskey maker Brown-Forman Corp. said Tuesday it would cut 12% of its workforce — about 648 jobs — in the face of a 10-year-low in its stock price and four straight quarters of ...

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Shortly after Musk made the gesture, the term "Roman salute" started trending online. While it appears similar to the Nazi salute associated with Adolf Hitler, the gesture has ancient roots.

Sales of new electric vehicles in the European Union fell in 2024 to mark the first year-on-year decline on record. The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association on Tuesday said EV ...