One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

Geological evidence off the coast of Iceland suggests climate change as a key factor in the decline of the Roman Empire.

Eyewitness News anchor Mike Marza has been in Rome since the passing of Pope Francis. He covered the funeral mass at St.

Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate ...

In 1071, a small nomadic dynasty—named the Seljuks after their founder—fought a battle against Byzantine forces under the ...

In 944, Sayf al-Dawla established himself as the head of the independent Hamdanid Emirate of Aleppo. Sayf’s rule over his ...

Imagine being a Byzantine Emperor and all of a sudden, deciding to abandon everything and become a monk in a monastery.

Despite its hostile geography, rebellious vassals, and the constant pressure from the Assyrian Empire, the Urartians managed to survive and thrive ... thus avoiding prolonged wars. Urartu demonstrated ...

While their plan was audacious and complex, and involved moving their 50,000-strong army by land and sea across three-quarters of the earth’s expanse ... helped destroy the Austro-Hungarian Empire and ...

The King is every day strengthening his military arm; and well he may ... was divided into three departments under the first Empire. One, called the Alpes-Maritimes, comprised the county of ...

George Maniakes was a tremendously talented general with a famously bad temper who challenged the Byzantine emperor for the ...