We explore who the Franks really were, tracing their journey from fragmented raiding groups beyond the Rhine to indispensable soldiers of the Roman Empire. By examining archaeology, Roman sources, and ...

Many people mistakenly think that the Eastern Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire, but the truth is much more complex. In this video, we explain how the term "Byzantine" was actually coined ...

Wildcats are built for power, focus, and instinct, and in theory, they’re a scary animal from nature. But when you look at them, they’re adorable—like adorable. Even when we get a glimpse of their ...

The Empire in Star Wars isn’t very subtle. As soon as Sheev Palpatine realizes that he’s getting close to pulling off his decades-long plan of taking over the galaxy, he begins working on a massive ...

A version of this essay first appeared in The Swell, Salon's culture newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, for more culture that's made to last. Two years ago, a viral trend tore ...

I still get chills when I think about King Theoden's rousing speech at the Battle of Pelennor Fields. A mash-up of his various motivational calls to arms across the books (with some of Eomer's lines ...

Eric Warner is a Journalist and Multimedia Producer based in New England with over seven years of experience producing stories for multiple print, online, radio, and video publications. Eric has been ...

A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought. By Franz Lidz The apostle Paul traveled widely across the Roman Empire to spread the ...

KETTON, ENGLAND—In 2020, a farmer in England's Rutland county notified authorities about the possibility that there was a Roman villa located on his property. A subsequent investigation carried out by ...

Whether it's in Final Fantasy, Elden Ring, or Hades 2, clashing with the very gods themselves has long been a fundamental part of video games. However, the longer I ignore the ire of the Roman ...

While excavating at the ancient fort of La Loma in the northern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists found the shattered remnants of a skull. Genetic analysis shows the skull was male and indigenous to a ...

The Roman Empire conjures up images of military power, gladiatorial contests, and feats of engineering, but to the men who ruled, life was complicated and fraught with risk. Julius Caesar, whose power ...