I n about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic was ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite city – or so we thought ...

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...

In October 2024, a construction team came across a sea of skeletal remains while working on renovations to a soccer field in ...

They speak of Rome’s decline and fall with the zeal of prophets. We need look back only two millenniums, they suggest, for a window into our future. “Anyone feeling late stage empire vibes?” ...

When construction workers started churning up skeletal remains, a project to renovate a soccer field outside Vienna, Austria, ...