Mehmed IV wanted to live up to, and even surpass, the legacy of his forefather Mehmed II, who had secured the Ottomans' inheritance to the Roman Empire through his conquest of Constantinople. So the ...

The Battle of Vienna in 1683 comes alive on Google Earth, where the city’s fortifications and surrounding hills show how terrain shaped the fight. From the Ottoman encampment east of the city to the ...

People work on the excavation of a Roman mass grave from the end of the 1st century AD, in the Simmering district of Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (A. Slonek/Novetus via AP) VIENNA (AP) — ...