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

Amid the constant military campaigns, there was also the “Plague of Justinian,” one of history’s worst pandemics, that ...

The fall of the Roman Empire is one of history’s greatest mysteries, and determining the year it truly ended is a complex question with multiple answers. Explore the vast and tangled legacy of Rome, ...

Though Orestes fights valiantly, he meets his end at the hands of the leader of the barbarian mercenaries, Odacer, an event that spells the end of Rome in 476 AD.

When we talk of the fall of Rome, if we do, we think of that nasty fifth-century business with the torches and smashed statues. And it used to fascinate people, from Edward Gibbon on down, how the ...