The Battle of Tricamarum (533 AD) led to the collapse of the Vandal Kingdom. It pitted the Byzantine Empire, under its able general Belisarius, against the illustrious Vandal Kingdom, under King ...

When in 955 ad a 20,000-strong force of Magyar raiders besieged the city of Augsburg, Saxon King Otto I gathered an army to ...

Far-right media mogul Konstantin Malofeev used to be an influential but fringe figure in Russian politics. While ...

Turkey has been in the news in recent weeks for a role it knows well: peacemaker. As tensions simmer between the United States and Iran, Turkey has attempted to bring U.S. and Iranian officials to the ...

Barbarian invasions in Greece during the Byzantine era were common with mostly Albanian tribes settling in the fertile plains ...

The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

Researchers believe this discovery provides a unique and important opportunity to understand the impact of one of the world's ...

American Pickers star Mike Wolfe has bagged himself a new series on the History Channel – weeks after he insisted that his original show is not going anywhere. The treasure hunter, 61, will return to ...

In the 21st century, superhero stories are often judged on how realistic they are — how “gritty,” how dark, how “adult.” It’s never been more visible than with Batman. Between Christopher Nolan’s take ...

A 'masterpiece' period drama that has been hailed by fans as 'one of the best TV shows of all time' has been made available to stream again. Compared to hit gangster drama The Sopranos, the series, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Thus will we all be, once Death carries us away!” That is how the parvenu tycoon Trimalchio greets the pièce ...

In Season 3 of the award-winning The Mark Of Empire, curator Peter Lee journeys across Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka to uncover the secrets of Asia’s ancient kingdoms. Premiering ...