Ancient shipwrecks have given scientists fresh insights into why the final remnants of the Roman Empire collapsed - nearly ...

Rome - and the Western Roman Empire - fell in 476 AD. The 'eternal city' was brought down by political corruption, the division of the empire - and, finally, an invasion by multiple Germanic ...

This new discovery fills those gaps. The road’s condition is remarkable given centuries of development, including sewer ...

After his death, the Treaty of Verdun confirmed the division of the Carolingian Empire ... which split the Carolingian Empire into three separate kingdoms. When the Western Roman Empire collapsed in ...

A VAMPIRIC RETREATBran Castle, also called Dracula’s Castle, was completed in the 14th century to protect Transylvania’s borders from the Ottoman Empire—60 years before Vlad III’s rule.

A 2,000-year-old copper knife handle depicting a gladiator will go on display at Hadrian’s Wall, in the north of England, ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

The film follows the son of Russell Crowe’s Maximus who has been living under a new identity to escape Roman politics.

CERRITOS — Gahr football starting quarterback Roman Acosta rose to the occasion in a 34-7 win over Artesia on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS Division 13 playoffs. The junior ...

English Heritage described it as a "significant find" and says it provides new proof that gladiators' celebrity status extended to the very edge of the Roman Empire. The gladiator on the handle ...