A ccording to a recent study, the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA), a climate crisis in the 6th century lasting 200 to 300 ...

Learn what the rocks in Iceland tell researchers about climate conditions at the time of the Roman Empire's collapse.

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...

An impressively illustrated work, although it lacks references, Armies of the Late Roman Empire, a volume in the series “Armies of the Past”, is an excellent introduction to the subject for the ...

offers new evidence about the intensity and scope of the Late Antique Little Ice Age, a climatic episode that occurred in the 6th century and may have played a key role in the collapse of the ...

A research team studied unusual rocks in Iceland to better understand the Late Antique Little Ice Age ... Iceland may help tell the story of the Roman Empire’s demise. A team of researchers ...

known as the Late Antique Little Ice Age, coincided with the crumbling of Roman power. Researchers suggest this climatic shift may have been the final blow to the already weakened empire.