The Catholic Church is an institution of remarkable longevity. The year marks the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of ...

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The Germanic tribes that developed early English settled in the eastern part of England after a pair of brothers named Hengist and Horsa conquered it in the 5th century. They arrived at Pegwell ...

The head was found during the excavation of the Basilica of St. Stephen on Caelian Hill, which was built in the fifth century A.D. "[It was] recently discovered in the archaeological area of the ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

A half-century came in 102 balls before a fifth century for the Rose and Crown came in 178 balls - it was the 26th of his first-class career. Hampshire only picked up two batting bonus points ...

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

Nuns and monks were defined by their discipline, which included overcoming desire: As MacCulloch notes, one fifth-century monk guarded against temptation by putting a snake on his privates — a ...