Roman Empire

First Roman Era Basilica Unearthed In Egypt

AP | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Mediterranean Port City, Alexandria, Ancient Egyptian Artifacts, Serapis, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea, Rome, Roman Empire, Cleopatra, Roman Era, World News

CAIRO -- Egyptian officials say archaeologists have unearthed the first basilica erected in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. Antiquities au...

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The Christian Revolution

Matt J. Rossano | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Aristotle, Pliny the Younger, Human Value, Secularism, Image of God, Ethics, Roman Empire, Paganism, Christianity, David Bentley Hart, Christian Ethics, Christian History, Religion News

The ease with which the ancient world accepted violence and suffering was a natural outgrowth of the pagan understanding of the human person. But Christianity pronounced a message as radical as it was attractive.

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10 Things You May Not Have Known About Turkey

Ronen Paldi | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Country, Islam, Tourism, Turkey, Information, Luxury, Travel, Vacation, Women's Rights, Roman Empire, Turkish History, Istanbul, Whirling Dervishes, Constantinople, Troy, Hittites, Travel News

Turkey is one of the most beautiful and exotic locations on earth. However, many people don't know just how amazing this land is, or they just have misconceptions about it.

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ReThink Review: The Eagle -- Slavery Before Dishonor?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Empire, Slavery, Roman Empire, Rethink Reviews, Channing Tatum, Iraq, Afghanistan, Jonathan Kim, Jamie Bell, The Eagle, Entertainment News

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No More Ritalin and Reality TV for Our ADD Nation

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blood Libel, Tarp, Reality TV, Economy, Middle Class, Harry Truman, Times Square Bomb, Immigration, Airport Security, Obama, I-Bankers, Roman Empire, Investment Banks, Bailout, Best Practices, Obama State of the Union, Fdr, Education Reform, Bank Bailout, Health Care, Ritalin, State of the Union, Afghanistan, Economic Crisis, Manufacturing, Democracy, British Petroleum, Franklin Roosevelt, Gulf Oil Spill, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Fraud, Iraq War, Arizona Shooting, Education, Times Square, Sarah Palin Blood Libel, Bread, Halliburton, Environment, Health Care Reform, Banks, Iraq, Politics News

American's short attention span hops from critical issues to trivialities with the delicate ease of an Olympic gymnast. Our tendency to be drawn into...

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AMAZING: Israel Storm Reveals Ancient Statue In Great Condition

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roman Period, Toga, Roman Empire, Israel Statue, Ancient Rome, Israel, Israel Storm, Ancient Statue, Archaeology, Roman Irons, World News

One of the strongest storms Israel has experienced in recent years brought winds of more than 100 kilometers per hour and sent 10-meter-high waves cra...

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The Need to Build a New Model

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Future, Consciousness, World, Systems Thinking, g20, Plato, Technological Age, Buckminster Fuller, Roman Empire, Renaissance, Industrial Age, Anthony Giddens, Religion News

Humanity is now at a critical crossroads. Another energetic spurt is required for us not to enter a post-industrial period of decline -- much like what occurred after the fall of the Roman Empire.

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Our Imperial Vote

William Astore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democrats, Roman Empire, 2010 Elections, Republicans, Election Results, Midterm Elections, 2010 Election Results, Elections 2010, Politics News

Yesterday, we went to the polls and cast our votes. The act of voting reassures us that we still live in a democracy. This is true in name only. Fo...

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The Tax Man In Ancient Rome: We're Just As Bad

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, JPMorgan Chase, Tax Farming, Rome, Bank of America, Publicani, Foreclosure, Property Taxes, Roman Empire, Tax Lien, Senators, Business News

Sheila Rice, who sold her Maryland home to avoid foreclosure, was surprised to learn JPMorgan Chase was her property tax collector. But the bank can't...

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Ancient Empires: Reflections on the Spiritual Conquerers of the First Century

Paul Wagler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: St. Paul, Turkey, Byzantine Empire, Christianity, Military, Ottoman Empire, Roman Empire, Christendom, Early Christians, Religion News

An entirely different type of conqueror also profoundly affected these Mediterranean lands. I am talking about the first Christians who arrived in the first century.

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America's Unjustified Fears

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United States, Foreign Affairs Magazine, Roman Empire, US Economy, Freedom of Speech, Richard Levin, Superpower, Yale University, US Superpower, World News

America is not Rome. As long as the United States preserves its values and constantly improves them, it will remain the world's only superpower.

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Is Freedom a Universal Value? -- Maybe Not

Tom Alderman | Posted 11.17.2011

If you're J. Rufus Fears, you believe we've made major mistakes when we base our foreign policy on the belief that all people at all times want freedom and that freedom will grow naturally.

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Gladiator Graveyard Unearthed In Northern England

AP | SYLVIA HUI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: England, Gladiator Graveyard, Archaeology, Archaeologist, Roman Empire, Graveyard, World News

LONDON — Dozens of headless skeletons excavated from a northern English building site appear to be the remains of Roman gladiators, one of whom ...

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Will the Global Debt Crisis Lead to a Future Tax Hell on Earth?

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Will and Ariel Durant, European Debt Crisis, Taxation, Roman Empire, Global Debt Crisis, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Business News

When all else fails, the capacity to impose taxation on its citizens is the only recourse left to sovereigns for convincing bankers and investors of their credit worthiness as borrowers.

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America: Enemy of Change, Midwife of the Future

Michael Vlahos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Religion, Empire, Poverty, Modernity, Industrialization, Slums, Rome, Christianity, Global Poverty, Roman Empire, Inequality, World News

Global change has been building. It is too big for crisis management to suppress much longer. And if we insist on seeing it all as bad, we will miss the actual change itself.

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How to Live on $0 a Day: Finding Job Opportunities in a Trickle-Down Economy

Lesley Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Karl Rove, Economic Crisis, Trickle Down, Economy, Bailouts, Employment, Main Street, Jobs, Roman Empire, Financial Advice, Military, Unemployment, Wall Street, Bailout, Sarah Palin, Financial Crisis, Government Jobs, Wall Street Bonuses, Tarp, Humor, Satire, Comedy News, Comedy, Hospitality, War, Job Growth, Travel, Luxury Travel, Politics, Middle Class, Bonuses, Depression, Recession, Blackwater, Comedy News

Are you one of the many Americans despairing that the trillions in taxpayer dollars spent stabilizing the economy still hasn't translated into job creation? Be patient, grasshopper, work will come.

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Our Recession Vs. The Dark Ages: Historian Compares Two Miserable Economic Periods

ft.com | Bryan Ward-Perkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Downfall-of-Civilization, Britain, Ancient Rome, Economy, Economic Depression, Economic Collapse, Roman Empire, Recession, Business News

The more complex an economy is, the more fragile it is, and the more cataclysmic its disintegration can be. Our economy is, of course, in a different ...

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Vespasian Birthplace: Roman Emperor's 2000-Year-Old Villa Unearthed Near Cittareale

AP | MARTA FALCONI | Posted 05.25.2011

ROME — Archaeologists have unearthed a sprawling country villa believed to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who built the Colos...

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Roman Ship Graveyard Discovered Off Italian Coast

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Archaeologists, Italy, Roman Ship Graveyard, Rome, Archaeological Discovery, Archaeological Discoveries, Foreign Affairs, Roman Empire, Roman Ship, Archaeological Dig, Archaeology, Advocacy, Romans, World News

Archaeologists scanning the seabed almost 1000 feet below the coast of the Italian island of Ventotene discovered five perfect-condition ancient Roman...

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Turkey: Not the Usual Geopolitical Sandwich

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Britain, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey, Bosporus, Afghanistan, France, Pakistan, George W. Bush, European Union, Prague, G-20, London, Istanbul, Nato, Barack Obama, Germany, Dick Cheney, Iraq, Ankara, Jihadists, Cold War, Erdogan, Islam, Winston Churchill, Byzantine Empire, Neoconservative, Ottoman Empire, Balkans, Mohammed Cartoons, Al Qaeda, Taliban, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Roman Empire, Soviet Union, 100 Days, World News

Obama seems to see Turkey, which has friendly relations with Israel, as potentially a much stronger partner than any other NATO nation, perhaps even Britain.

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Are We Rome? Naaah.

Billy Kimball | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Crisis, Economy, Maureen Dowd, New York Times, Josef Joffe, David Leonhardt, Roman Empire, American Decline, World Economy, Politics News

It appeals to my vanity to believe, as Maureen Dowd and Sarah Palin do, that we are living in the End of Days; but the facts suggest that the American Century may very well give way to the American Millennium.

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