The "secret" journeys of Emperor Hadrian have been discovered on a white marble slab in an ancient Roman city. The white marble, found in the Ostia Antica archeological park, southwest of Rome ...

These prints were aimed at the Roman tourist market, made up of the pilgrim faithful and increasingly of the would-be milord connoisseurs, ... France or the Holy Roman Emperor. ...

The Holy Roman Emperors were elected by what were called ‘the prince-electors,’ most of whom came from regions that you would recognize within Germany now. But at this time, the Holy Roman ...

The birth of the Holy Roman Empire—and the unlikely king who ruled it. The fall of Rome led to chaos in Western Europe. Enter Carolus Magnus, more commonly known as Charlemagne, who sought to ...

Find the emperor’s heart. Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great certainly wasn’t, in the purest medical sense, heartless. But now he is. The search is on to find his missing heart, though it isn ...

French scientists have decoded a letter written in 1547 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. The three-page letter uncovers secrets of the 16th century, including assassination fears.

In his new book The Silver Empire: how Germany created its first common currency, which forms the basis of this event, Oliver Volckart analyses why the vast majority of the approximate 300 members of ...

Before Easter became a holy day, ... But the Roman empire said, no, we don’t play that. ... This colored engraving by Heinrich Leutemann depicts the distribution of food to slaves in ancient Rome.