The Eastern and Western Roman Empires had a layered history, experienced a major division, and left lasting cultural and ...

Helene de Pourtales was born in New York in 1868 to parents Isaac and Mary Barbey. Isaac was a wealthy Swiss banker; ...

The time span covered is 379 to 565 C.E., from the accession of emperor Theodosius I to the death of emperor Justinian I. In the Introduction, the author writes: “The chapters that constitute this ...

More than this, new historical research suggests Emperor Theodosius may have had some very good reasons for outlawing the Games—ancient Olympia sponsored a few events the International Olympic ...