Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.

They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious example of Rome’s superiority to the rest of the world. Every day, Romans would finish work around the middle of the ...

The spread of Christianity was made a lot easier by the efficiency of the Roman Empire, but its principles were sometimes misunderstood and membership of the sect could be dangerous. Although ...

The Roman Empire Period: 27 BCE - 476 CE The Roman ... highlighting areas of concern and opportunities for learning. The ...

More than 1,500 years after its collapse in A.D. 476, the Roman Empire has seen a resurgence in the unlikeliest of settings — social media. Online users, predominantly on the video-sharing app ...

Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be ...

"This discovery is a testament to the meticulous administrative re-organization of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy," said Prof. Uzi Leibner. "Finding a boundary stone like this not only ...