Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is one of the world’s worst persecutors of Christians, Bishop Michael Sis reports. Ortega is a communist who has been stealing churches and putting priests in prison ...

The emperor Diocletian decided that the Roman Empire was too big for one man to rule effectively, so in 285 he divided it into several parts, though in effect there were two: east and west. The ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The latter days of the Roman Republic, which preceded the ...

Archaeologists uncovered a boundary stone, used to mark land borders during the Roman Empire, dated to a period during which the empire was jointly ruled by four emperors. The boundary stone—located ...

What did it mean to be an emperor in ancient Rome? That is the question that Mary Beard sought to answer in her 2023 book, “Emperor of Rome.” She wrote, “Everyone then, including emperors, was trying ...

The story of Perpetua, a young Christian martyr, whose story still resonates today. We will travel to North Africa and tell the story of Perpetua, a young Christian martyr, whose extraordinary story ...

In June of the year 68, the emperor Nero, on learning that the Roman Senate had declared him a public enemy, plunged a dagger into his throat (with the loyal assistance of his private secretary). A ...

The Commodus Passage was a later addition to the Colosseum that allowed emperors to visit the arena without encountering the ...

Archaeologists have made a jaw-dropping discovery during the reconstruction of a city museum in Split, a city in southern Croatia. Hidden underneath the museum's grand reception area, the team was ...