Built as Byzantium, and then renamed Constantinople, Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

Some of the oldest ancient temples continue to fulfil their original purpose after thousands of years, continuing their ...

In the brilliant long-form podcast Fall of Civilizations, author Paul Cooper gives listeners a sense of how average citizens living in ...

Legendary women of the national rebirth, such as Bouboulina, Manto Mavrogenous, the “Lady of the Seas,” “Psorokostaina,” and ...

From ancient myths to modern controversies, iconoclasm has shaped societies throughout history. The defacement of Theodoros ...

These decades changed everything. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’ll be looking at the most significant ten-year spans ...

Travellers to Alexandria in Egypt can visit the restored apartment of Constantine Cavafy, the favourite bard of Jackie ...

Assassin’s Creed Shadows may be the latest game in the long-running series, but its feudal Japan setting places it at the ...

[Council of Constantinople II (553): DS 421 ... It unfolds in the work of creation, the whole history of salvation after the fall, and the missions of the Son and the Spirit, which are continued ...

AD: Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.

Each year on March 25, Greeks worldwide celebrate Greek Independence Day, marking the 204th anniversary of the 1821 uprising ...

We grew up and were nurtured to believe in an idealized image of the Greek War of Independence, the 1821 Revolution and its ...