Roman left Slovakia at a young age, he never forgot about his roots. He may have started his new life in Canada as a tomato ...
The UNESCO-listed Villa Romana del Casale and the Palio dei Normanni make Piazza Armerina one of Sicily’s most fascinating ...
In the mid-sixth century, a devastating disease swept across the Byzantine world and changed the course of entire cities. The ...
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WEDNESDAY, May 20, 2026

Possible date of the Antioch earthquake in the Byzantine Empire (present-day Syria), which kills 200,000 people 1498-Portuguese explorer ...
The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 was a pivotal moment in human history, when Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed teenage emperor Romulus Augustulus in Italy and set in motion the collapse of ...
A pair of 1,500-year-old lady's sandals with a message in Greek was discovered during a dig in Constantinople, today's ...
Roads to Power is a major expansion which introduces a new style of empire management to the grand strategy title.
The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger By A. Wess Mitchell  Princeton, 2025, 352 pages, $27 “In history,” ...
May 11 marks Deep Blue's historic chess win over Kasparov and key events shaping technology, politics, culture, and global ...
The mechanics of constructing a nuclear weapon are no longer a closely-guarded secret, and if a mid-sized country is ...
The latest patch for Europa Universalis 5 dropped earlier this week. Numbered 1.2 and titled Echinades, it is the game's ...