He had about 20 children who went on to establish Europe’s royal houses, and nearly all Europeans today can trace their lineages back to Charlemagne. The king was born in 742 CE, the son of ...

Charlemagne and The Sopranos ... was the second – the longest and most detailed in Suetonius’s collection. Augustus, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, had been commemorated by the Romans as the first ...

Charlemagne, the greatest king of his age ... Augustus, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, had been commemorated by the Romans as the first and greatest of their emperors: a ruler who laid the ...

If the far-right AfD performs well in Germany's national elections, it could have major implications for the EU.

or Octavian (the future Augustus), whom he’d designated as his adoptive son and heir, joined with Mark Antony, the guardian of Caesar’s papers and prerogatives, to avenge Caesar by killing his ...

After World War I and the disillusion of the German and Austro-Hungarian empires, in 1923, Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Czech citizen and son of ... in King Charlemagne’s Carolingian ...

Stanley Pignal has been writing the weekly Charlemagne column about European politics for the ... Parliament corruption scandal dubbed Qatargate. Arena and Lemaire’s son Ugo Lemaire was recently ...

The Conqueror of the World Early Life and Ascendancy Alexander III of Macedon, known as Alexander the Great, was born in 356 ...

I went away for a long break and returned just a few days ago, this is the reason why I am late in writing about this event. I met Carmelo Pistorio and his wife Ping a number of times mostly ...

With deep sadness we announce the passing of Mrs. Fernella Hilarya Campbell, affectionately known as “Fernie,” on Feb 22.

Irene, unwilling to relinquish her authority, ultimately orchestrated her son’s blinding and deposition in 797 ... the Byzantine throne as vacant due to Irene’s gender, crowned Charlemagne as Roman ...