As the wealthy capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, Constantinople was a tempting target for many rulers during late antiquity and the...

The Byzantine Empire is not always recognised as the crucial link that connected the classical world with modern Europe. However, this is an element...

The musical tradition of the Italian Greek populations of Southern Italy remains strong to this day, as do the variations of the language that has...

Five times a day, approximately one-fourth of the world's population turns toward Mecca to bow their heads in prayer. The Kaaba at the center of...

Etruscan civilization predated the Roman Empire by hundreds of years, and as such, the Romans were profoundly influenced by many Etruscan practices,...

The Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius ruled over the classical world’s most powerful empire. In addition to his achievements as a ruler, military...

By Amirhossein Ojaqfaqihi What if two of history’s most infamous ideologies—Nazism and Fascism—shared more in common fundamentally with...

By Ajay Kamalakaran On the evening of December 31, 1999, few in Russia knew what its first president was going to say in a recorded televised...

Ryan Rickelton is proving the importance of form and consistency. He entered the Champions Trophy after an impressive SA20 campaign, finishing as the...

The Greek world has a troubled past of sports riots, particularly with football hooliganism, but this pervasive history goes back further than one...