The Roman Empire didn’t fall in one moment — it fractured first. This video explains how the division into Eastern and Western halves turned Rome into two competing powers instead of one united force.

This selective memory is not unique to Troy. Across history, spectacular collapses dominate how we imagine the past: Rome ...

Many people believe Rome abandoned Germania after Teutoburg Forest. This video explains why that’s wrong. Germanicus launched major campaigns deep into Germania and defeated Arminius and his allies ...

The EU missed the turn to hard power largely because of a factor that is still shaping Europe to this day: the legacy of empire. For when, in 1954, it came time for the French parliament to ratify the ...