Roman Emperor Constantine the Great officially declared Constantinople his “New Rome” and the capital of the Roman Empire on ...

And you have to understand that Constantine, when Eusebius portrays him, is someone who had just achieved total domination over the whole of the Roman Empire. And he was a figure of commanding ...

On this day in 330, Constantine I dedicated Byzantium (Constantinople; now Istanbul) as the new capital of the Eastern Roman ...

Gelasius is also responsible for a popular celebration which is still marked every year - establishing St Valentine's Day on ...

The extraordinary longevity of the Catholic Church could make it seem like a body that floats above the everyday world of ...

In contrast, the Via Domitia, an even older Roman route ... districts were abandoned. The empire revived briefly under Diocletian (A.D. 284-305) and Constantine (A.D. 306-37).

North Africa once produced Catholic popes who shaped Church traditions, including Easter Sunday and St Valentine’s Day. Will ...