Antipater’s son Herod appealed to Rome for aid, and was appointed king of Judaea in 40 B.C. At that time Jerusalem was occupied by Parthian troops, fighting on behalf of the anti-Roman Jews.

Join Tom and Dominic for this next instalment on the Franks and the rise of Charlemagne.

This was the case of Prussia, a former duchy that in the early 1700s emerged from the shadow of Poland and the Holy Roman Empire ... pursuits effeminate, the king abused his son both emotionally ...

The Holy Roman Empire was fragmented, and the Luxembourg dynasty began to weaken after Emperor Charles IV's death in 1378. His son, Wenceslas IV, faced increasing opposition from the empire's electors ...

the powerful King of the Franks and Lombards was crowned Roman Emperor in the year 800 by the Pope, which laid the foundations for the Holy Roman Empire. His physical depiction in Civ 7 appears to ...