I welcome you with a Roman greeting: hic habitat felicitas - here lives happiness For those about to read, turn over the page if you are scrupulous... Friends, Romans, Maltese ...

An extraordinary link with the Romans, Hadrian’s Wall and a Norfolk round tower church is highlighted in a leading archaeologist’s latest book.

A History of the Beginnings of England,’ historian Marc Morris recounts the turbulent era between the abandonment of Britain ...

Known as Saturnalia to the ancient Romans and Dong Zhi to the Chinese, “the return of the sun” has been celebrated by people ...

Was there really a Roman census at the time of Jesus' birth, or is this detail in the Gospel of Luke historically inaccurate?

Roads—hundreds of thousands of miles of them—were an adjunct of Roman strength, a symbol of imperial assimilation.

The recent movie is a fine, quiet film, with Cillian Murphy, star of “Oppenheimer.” But the book holds such deep quotes, like ...

The story of Christmas and Jesus Christ is a story about love, not just about religion. The story can be found in the books ...

Emperor Augustus’ scheme for retired soldiers paid a decent sum after 25 years, so retirement age could be as young as 42 ...

The story in Matthew’s gospel, that the rumor of a new-born king produced a violent reaction, feels typical of Herod: just in ...

Since early humans first kindled firewood until Britain’s Industrial Revolution, energy typically came from renewable sources ...

By Alexandra Alter A taboo-busting Brooklyn memoir, a tender Japanese novel about the beauty of connection, a book by a death doula: Editors and writers from around the newsroom describe their ...