Christmas came early for the Polish Air Force, as its first two Lockheed Martin F-35A “Husarz” fighters arrived at Ebbing Air ...

Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

The Byzantine army fell into disarray, and Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes made a desperate attempt to rally the Roman centre, ...

It dates to the 15th-century fall of the great empire and offers a vision of the man painted according to his likeness.

The fall of Constantinople, the last bastion of the Roman Empire, triggered an intellectual exodus that would ignite the ...

During his reign, Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos was transfixed with a strange prophecy concerning the survival of his ...

The Byzantine imperial court celebrated Christmas with ceremonies and feasts in the capital of Constantinople.

Sotheby’s called the stone the world’s oldest inscribed with the Ten Commandments, but some experts had raised questions ...

Constantine XI Palaiologos's rule as Byzantine Emperor was brief, and his death coincided with the fall of Constantinople.

The figure is described as an "earthly figure, a mature man with a thin face and individualized features, who exudes ...

It's the penultimate Empire Podcast of the year, folks, and to celebrate the impending season of goodwill to all, we've brought you another bumper episode — yes, our podding sack is stuffed to ...