The fall of the Roman Empire didn’t happen overnight it was a gradual unraveling driven by internal decay, economic turmoil, ...

Both the smaller case studies, and the larger datasets, showed there was no decrease in population or economy in the 6th century eastern Roman Empire. In fact, there seems to have been an increase in ...

As Thomas Friedman pointed out in The New York Times on June 3, 2025, “In Trump I, the president surrounded himself with some ...

In his book 'Pox Romana,' Colin Elliott delves into the devastating effects of the Antonine Plague, a pandemic that might ...

The Western Roman Empire famously ended in A.D. 476 when its last emperor abdicated the throne. But the city of Rome ...

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 . This has prompted discussions over whether ...

For some bizarre reason, German researchers studied 34 Asterix books looking for signs of traumatic brain injury.

These highly, highly homogeneous landscapes are just accidents waiting to happen. How have we repeated the mistakes of the Roman empire? One of Rome's problems was trying to keep the cupboard full.

Expansion of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) in the time of Justinian. Credit: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid / Wikimedia Commons Many of these suggestions focused on the decline of the ...