Gelasius is also responsible for a popular celebration which is still marked every year - establishing St Valentine's Day on 14 February in 496 to commemorate the Christian martyr St Valentine. Some ...

This is the first intact Roman vessel excavated in Ireland," said Christine Baker, heritage officer and archaeologi ...

AD, the Roman Empire stretched from Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa reaching its maximum size of roughly 5 million square ...

Born in what is now Algeria, Marcus Opellius Macrinus was one of only a handful of Roman emperors who had come from Africa. Now, Macrinus shares a name with a character in Gladiator II.

They divided the imperial palace into two quietly warring territories, and were on the verge of dividing up the Roman Empire itself: Caracalla would get Europe and western Africa, while Geta would ...

At its height, the Roman Empire ruled all the countries around ... Located due south of Italy on the North African coast, Libya developed seaports and roads to help facilitate travel around ...

Standing in front of the cascade of crimson curtains on the balcony of Saint Peter’s on the evening of May 8, with an ...

Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic popes who left their mark on the Church to this day. Their papacies were in the era of the Roman Empire ...