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The Imperium Romaniae, commonly known as the Latin Empire (1204–1261), emerged from the upheaval of the Fourth Crusade (1202–1204), when Western European...

Slavery was practiced by the Native Americans before any Europeans arrived in the region. People of one tribe could be taken by another for a variety of reasons but, whatever the reason, it was understood...

There were 250-311 slave revolts in Colonial America and the United States between c. 1663 and c. 1860 as defined by scholar Herbert Aptheker (l. 1915-2003), but, almost certainly, many...

The Indo-European languages are a family of related languages that today are widely spoken in the Americas, Europe, and also Western and Southern Asia. Just as languages such as Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian are...

Latin inscription about an ancient Roman fort and settlement in modern-day Aqaba, southern Jordan, Roman Period, 293-303 CE, discovered in 2013. It weighs about 225 kilograms and was mounted on the fort's main gate...

This is a 6th century CE gravestone for a German man named Leo. The text is in Latin. (Translation of the text into English: "In this tomb rests in peace Leo of good memory. He lived for 52 years. He died the day...

The crusader military orders of the Latin East emerged during the 12th and 13th centuries from the religious, charitable, and military needs of the Crusader States. Some developed...

A painting depicting the surrender of the Latin ruler Guy de Lusignan to Saladin, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria (r. 1174-1193 CE), after the battle of Hattin in 1187 CE. The loss and subsequent capture of Jerusalem...

A map of the Middle East showing the Crusader-held Latin East states at the time of the Third Crusade (1189-1192 CE).

Latin inscription at the main entrance of Almourol Castle, photograph by Filipa Oliveira, Almourol, Portugal, May 2026. The inscription reads: “ERA MCCIX. M. GUALDINUS NOBILI QUIDEM GENERE BRACHARENSIS...