Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who had once served in the Roman army, escaped from slavery in 73 BCE. What began as a prison ...

The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the ...

According to a recent study, the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA), a climate crisis in the 6th century lasting 200 to 300 years, may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire ...

Aerial View of Ancient Roman Ruins in Rome. Scientists have found that the 'Little Ice Age' may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire almost 572 years ago. For a long time, it had been ...

But finding the dead, that is unique for the entire Roman history.” Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the 3rd century. The pit where the bodies were deposited suggests a ...

Barbarian warriors who toppled the Roman Empire were high on hallucinogenic drugs at the time of their great conquests, according to researchers. The shocking conclusion has come from Polish ...

“This exotic brooch and others like it typically date to the late second century AD, and are most commonly found along the borders of the Roman Empire ... expect to find a greater variety ...

This remarkable find sheds light on the administrative practices of the Roman Empire during the reign of Emperor ... also promoted stability in an increasingly vast and diverse empire. Map of Boundary ...

Mining and smelting minerals like iron represented technological highs at the Roman Empire’s peak. But those activities ... other health impacts associated with modern smelting are much greater nearby ...

Suggestions have emerged in recent decades that attribute the rise and fall of ancient empires such as the Roman Empire to climate change and disease ... which were made up of tens of thousands of ...