Discover how droughts contributed to the Barbarian Conspiracy invasion and affected Roman control in southern Britain.

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

The tradition of decorating Easter eggs is part of the culture of the Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority in Germany.

228AD - The Romans were being attacked by barbarian tribes and soldiers stationed in the country started to be recalled to Rome. 410AD - All Romans were recalled to Rome and Emperor Honorious told ...

Barbarian warriors who toppled the mighty Roman Empire may have been high on hallucinogenic drugs at the time of their great conquests, according to researchers ...

The 150 men most likely died during an unknown battle between Germanic tribes and Romans. (AP Video by Philipp Jenne) People work on the excavation of a Roman mass grave from the end of the 1st ...

They came from the tribes that raided and eventually toppled the mighty Roman empire. The Western Roman Empire fell in 478 following centuries of civil wars, increased corruption and barbarian ...

between the eastern nomads and the northern barbarians there was no racial kinship. What the two invaders had in common was an almost equal innocence of civilization and a yearning for the same booty.