The Russian novelist, a compulsive gambler, lost everything in the opulent spa and gambling towns of Baden-Baden, Bad Homburg ...

Dozens of nobles from across the Holy Roman Empire met for crisis talks on a summer’s day in 1184, but the proceedings ended ...

Throughout these studies, the author challenges traditional scholarly views on the nature of the relationship between the senatorial aristocracy and Roman emperors. Rather than disappearing during the ...

Hiereiai (singular: hiereia) was the title of the female priesthood or priestesses in ancient Greece. According to the religious demands of ancient times, there were a number of different offices by ...

and a would-be senator from the cream of the Roman aristocracy had to demonstrate assets of one million sesterces to stand for office. The consignment also included a valuable shipment of eighty ...

Have you heard of Guillaume Lethière? No? The proud child of Guadeloupe, the plantation slave’s son who rose to become ...

Kirk wore a full-length velvet cape with a dramatic, flowing silhouette, inspired by the togas and cloaks worn by Roman nobility, with intricate thread embroideries along the edges and down the ...

For as long as I can remember, there have been puritanically-minded historians who have said that we should stop writing ...

An exhibition outlines 19th-century artist Guillaume Lethière’s connection to his birthplace, mixed-race heritage, and the politics of revolution.