After the fall of Rome, Europe fractured into a patchwork of tribes. Nomadic warriors, traders, and settlers reshaped borders ...

There is no polity more storied in the west than the Roman Empire, but could its fall have really been caused by its choice ...

Could climate change have caused the fall of Rome? This video examines how the Roman Empire thrived during the "Climate ...

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Rome I talians have been told not to worry too much about Luigi Preiti, the 46-year-old businessman who opened fire at the April 28 swearing-in of new prime minister Enrico Letta, wounding two ...

Arresting a charioteer in the late Roman world was a perilous act. A large portion of the Roman populace felt great affinity for members of one of the four factiones (“factions”) that dominated the ...

More than any other event in Western history the so-called “Decline and Fall of Rome” has been weaponized for centuries to promote a variety of social, religious, or ideological agendas. British ...