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

His vision and power had expanded the Roman Empire to become far more than a collection of countries. Instead, it was a diverse society and enormous marketplace in which people across Europe ...

In this Kings and Generals documentary, we explore the chaos and political power struggle that erupted after the ...

“Anyone feeling late stage empire vibes ... The most successful player of this game was Rome’s first emperor, Augustus. When he came to power after defeating Mark Antony and Cleopatra ...

The 1st century CE Roman author Tacitus is one of the most important primary sources that we have for Rome under the ...

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite ...

coincided with the crumbling of Roman power. Researchers suggest this climatic shift may have been the final blow to the already weakened empire. The ice age is thought to have been triggered by ...

As the Roman Empire expanded and became richer, its wealthy citizens demanded increasing amounts of luxury items, especially from Arabia, India and China. This included silk, pearls, pepper and ...

Against all odds, the Han Empire exhibited greater income inequality than its Roman counterpart. And not only that ... In contrast, the Han fiscal system—based on the concentration of power in the ...