The Gospel of Matthew relates the king’s order to murder innocent children, as illustrated in this 13th-century altarpiece from Pistoia Cathedral, Italy ... appeasing his Roman masters and ...

Odoacer, a German warrior possibly of Sciri origins, becomes king of Italy, deposing the emperor on September 4. From that day, the Western Roman Empire ceases to exist. Relations between the ...

Belisarius is the much underrated military commander of the Byzantine Empire who helped reclaim huge swathes of the Roman Empire.

Italy is auctioning off a vast 16th-century castle built for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ... a key thoroughfare since the ...