How did the Holy Roman Empire come into being? This video traces its origins from the fall of the Western Roman Empire through the rise of Charlemagne and the crowning of Otto I in 962. We explore how ...

The Holy Roman Empire was vast, powerful in name but fractured in reality. This video explores how conflicting loyalties, decentralized rule, and endless internal rivalries made it one of the most ...

The eastern Roman empire was founded by Constantine the Great on May 11, A.D. 330. The empire fell on May 29, 1453, when the army of the Ottoman sultan Mehmet II breached the walls of Constantinople.

Paradox says the current draft has a total of 357 different countries in it. By contrast, the Europa Universalis 4 Holy Roman Empire has fewer than 100 countries modeled in it.

At the end of World War II, it was discovered that the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire had vanished from their secret vault in Nuremberg. The mystery of who stole the jewels was left ...

Hitler's Holy Relics: A True Story of Nazi Plunder and the Race to Recover the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire Sidney D. Kirkpatrick, . . Simon & Schuster, $27 (316pp) ISBN 978-1-4165-9062-0 ...