This video is a preview for the upcoming project "The Holy Roman Empire: Every Year," expected to be completed around March-May 2024. Timeline: 0:00 Late Frankish Empire 1:38 Holy Roman Empire / ...

Most history books say that the Roman Empire fell in 476 AD. In that year, the young emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed by the Germanic general Odoacer. This event is often seen as the official ...

Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician, leader, orator—and one of history’s most infamous assassins. Why did he launch a conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar?

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story ran in February 2025. It has been updated for 2026. If January felt endless, February may be refreshing since it's only 28 days long. Thank the Romans ...

Roman Catholic High School alum Brad Wanamaker has one full regular season under his belt as the Cahillites head basketball coach. After a 16-7 regular season, Wanamaker will experience his first ...

Historian John Stow claimed that Henry VIII had around 70,000 people executed (although this is believed to be an exaggerated number), but it was near the thousands, including the execution of 67-year ...

The 20th-century art historian Kenneth Clark made a distinction between the “naked,” meaning unclothed and ashamed, and the “nude,” meaning the body in its most beautiful form. Most people today use ...

Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Feb. 19, through Wednesday, Feb. 25 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Museum construction excavations in Cologne, Germany, revealed a trio of Roman-era finds. The oldest discovery in the heart of ...

Museum construction excavations in Cologne, Germany, revealed a trio of Roman-era finds. The oldest discovery in the heart of historic Cologne was a first-century staircase that was once attached to ...

In addition to cycling through 12 animals each year, the Chinese zodiac also rotates between the five traditional Chinese elements—earth, wood, fire, metal and water. A lantern set of horses during a ...

Somewhere around the turn of the 20th century, archaeologists in Heerlen, Netherlands, came across an odd-looking smooth white stone. They knew the territory was once the Roman settlement of ...