Archaeologists just found a 1,500-year-old Germanic tomb that they believe belonged to an ancient lord. At the site, they uncovered six female skeletons buried in a circle surrounding a large bronze ...

The constant political changes and ascensions of emperors did little to help this, and the rise of Christianity may have also tempered the Romans’ thirst for warfare, since they stopped seeing ...

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The Reformation found support among German princes eager to resist the Emperor, who was constantly eroding “Germanic liberties.” They united in 1529 in the Schmalkaldic ... Charles V, elected King of ...

Dirk Schmitz from the Roman-Germanic Museum of Cologne. “They are very particular to libraries,” explained ... This major German city isn’t a stranger to ancient ruins. Cologne was founded by the ...

The Roman Empire decline was long and lasted until 476, when Rome fell to a barbarian Germanic tribe led by Odoacer who staged a revolt and deposed Emperor Romulus Augustulus. The dawn of the 3rd ...

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A pivotal moment came in A.D. 180 when Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius fought the Marcomanni, a Germanic tribe near the Danube River ... Notable sites included Gudme on Funen, Uppåkra in Scania and ...

Three experts weigh in on the architectural style that defined Europe for centuries and continues to inspire buildings today ...

We speak it, we read it, we write it … and we know doodle-squat about it. And more’s the pity when it comes to English, because I find its length and breadth fascinating. For one thing, if English ...