A few weeks into his second term, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders restricting the rights of trans workers ...
Deep beneath a quiet stretch of western Europe, researchers have uncovered the ghost of a community that flourished long before modern streets and rail lines carved up the landscape. The newly exposed ...
A rabbi responds to a new TikTok meme, noting how Jewish tradition was shaped by its encounter with the Romans. (JTA) — How often do men think about the Roman Empire? It’s a question that’s been hard ...
The sixth-century C.E. Plague of Justinian was “a pestilence, by which the whole human race came near to being annihilated,” according to the Byzantine historian Procopius. Up to half the population ...
Editors’ note: This essay is adapted from The Golden Thread by Allen C. Guelzo and James Hankins, to be published by Encounter Books in 2024. For the very element of unexpectedness in the events I ...
Why was the Christian community something that people wanted to join? I think that only because at least certain parts of the early Christian mission were intent in creating new community, that only ...
A Norwegian archaeologist believes that the Norwegians were on their way to the Roman Empire as mercenaries around the year ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A relief showing a gallus making sacrifices to the goddess Cybele and Attis. Sailko via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY A few weeks into ...