The Bible doesn’t describe Jesus being nailed to a cross. Telling the story of Christ’s death, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John ...

A number of dignitaries couldn't resist pulling out their mobiles to take pictures and videos of the late Pope's humble ...

Military movies frequently depict soldiers communicating with a flurry of hand signals, but what exactly do those signals ...

The discovery of a Roman horses’ graveyard shows a soldier’s grief at the loss of his equine partner, 1,800 years later. An excavation carried out by the state office for monument preservation ...

Ancient Roman gladiators were often pitted against animals in the arena—animals capable of killing a human being. Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have ...

Left: From the research paper: Unique osteological evidence for human-animal gladiatorial combat in Roman Britain ... rather than soldiers or slaves,” Malin Holst, a co-author of the study ...

This oil painting by French artist Firmin Didot (1764-1836) depicts human-animal combat in ancient Rome. New evidence shows it likely occurred as far away as Roman Britain. Credit: Public Domain ...

WORCESTER — Roman Anthony went out on the field with a first baseman’s glove prior to the WooSox game April 22. After recent chatter popped up on sports-talk radio that the Boston Red Sox ...

Charbel Joseph Antoun, 37, portrays Jesus as he carries a wooden cross while being whipped by a Roman soldier during a Good Friday reenactment in Quraye, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, ...

St George's Day, celebrated on April 23, honors England's patron saint, a Roman soldier from modern-day Turkey. Known for slaying a dragon, his legend symbolizes courage, faith, and the triumph of ...

Christ also bids farewell to his followers and prophesizes that one of them will betray him and hand him over to the Roman soldiers. Around the world, Bishops and priests come together at their ...