The Roman Empire's enduring legacy has profoundly impacted modern politics, architecture, law, and culture. Yet, its origins ...

You can imagine the Roman Empire gradually taking over more and more areas as they conquered and progressively moved to the east. North Africa, Egypt, Asia Minor, modern day Turkey, Syria.

Saint Nicholas was born in Lycia in Asia Minor. He is one of the most ... and made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. He is also called Nicholas of Bari because his relics ...

Just as he was producing his finest work, Ovid (43 BC – 17 AD) was exiled to the darkest corner of the empire ... Sicily and Asia Minor (now modern-day Turkey). When he returned, he submitted ...

Wealth, culture, and power dwelled in the city of Palmyra in the third century A.D. This cosmopolitan capital of the Roman province ... legions advanced through Asia Minor. Near Antioch, her ...