Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

Ancient shipwrecks have given scientists fresh insights into why the final remnants of the Roman Empire collapsed - nearly 1,000 years after the fall of Rome. In 330AD, Emperor Constantine split ...

A viral social media trend last year suggested the Roman Empire is frequently in men's ... a replica of a statue of Constantine from about AD312, created using 3D modelling technology from scans ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...

Miltiades was pope when Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which gave Christianity a legal status in the Roman Empire, but Sylvester was the first pope fully to reign under its benefits.

In 313 AD, the Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which accepted Christianity: 10 years later, it had become the official religion of the Roman Empire.

After Constantine, Jesus-worship, which began as one of many Judean cults opposed to the Roman empire, became Nicene Christianity, the state religion of a refounded Roman empire. Divine ...

When is Christmas celebration meritorious?Before going to the merit of Christmas celebration, let us first take a brief look at its origin. Some claim that it i ...