Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and king of Poland from the 1690s to the 1730s, could supposedly bend a horseshoe with ...

Much of Attila’s infamy comes from his relentless campaign westward into Europe where he pillaged the riches of the Roman Empire. But he was stopped by a confederation of Roman soldiers and ...

Although it may have seemed civilized to certain people at certain times, the Roman Empire was built on brute force and military strength. Local inhabitants obeyed Roman rule because the ...

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 ...

The Roman Empire grew over a long period of time from basically a political unit in Italy to the entire Mediterranean basin, but it took a lot of time.... It really grew out of a number of ...

The first Oktoberfest was a celebration of the marriage of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig and Prince Therese of ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago this was the line that divided the Roman Empire from the rest of the world. Here in Germany the low mound is all that’s left of a wall that once stood some ten feet tall ...

Austin Glatthorn explores the extent to which the Holy Roman Empire delineated and networked a cultural entity that found expression through music for the German stage. He maps an extensive network of ...

The copy of the Reichskrone, made for Aachen in 1913 and now in the city's museum, is of very high quality and accurate in every detail. It is not circular as you might expect a crown to be but ...

The Roman empire began in 27 B.C.E. when Augustus Caesar declared himself as the first Roman emperor. The official date of ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). According to a viral social media ...

the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and a Roman-era skull, according to a new study Sonja Anderson The votive plaque was found amid the ruins of an ancient Roman fortress.