A University of Southampton spokeswoman said: “Historians have long debated the role of climatic cooling in the fall of the Roman empire. “This new research strengthens the case that a brief ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...

A University of Southampton spokeswoman said: “Historians have long debated the role of climatic cooling in the fall of the Roman empire. “This new research strengthens the case that a brief but ...

As someone who’s spent years researching the economy of Ancient Rome, it all feels a shade familiar. In fact, tariffs were also used in Ancient Rome, and for some of the reasons that governments ...

Don’t believe me? Just ask Google to define “Civis Romanus sum.” If you were a Roman citizen at the height of the Roman Empire, 2,000 years ago, legend has it that you could walk across the ...

Baechler, as others might well have written, says that this is the crucial nonevent of European history. After the fall of Rome, no empire was able to arise in Europe to establish hegemony over the ...

Investigation opens into tragic incident in centre of Rome. A 55-year-old woman from Spain has died after falling off a high wall to the side of the Spanish Steps in Rome on Wednesday morning, Italian ...