The "Fall of Rome" usually refers to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D. But historians don't agree about the exact date, nor about its causes. And some historians argue ...
One of the biggest questions researchers and armchair historians ponder and debate is how the Western Roman Empire fell. While innumerable theories have been put forward to answer this question, the ...
Even after the fall of Rome’s last emperor, a fully Roman state endured in northern Gaul—governed, defended, and administered like the old Empire itself. This is the overlooked story of the last ...
After centuries of conquests, the Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 AD. But what led to its downfall? The military conquests of ancient Rome, including the conquest of Italy and the Punic Wars, ...
The Roman Empire’s immense power and longevity were a result of a multifaceted combination of military prowess, sophisticated political and administrative systems, robust economic foundations, and ...
Centuries of unpredictable climate may have been partly to blame for the fall of the western Roman Empire. A detailed record of 2500 years of European climate has uncovered several links between ...
12:49, Sun, Nov 17, 2024 Updated: 12:52, Sun, Nov 17, 2024 Ancient shipwrecks have given scientists fresh insights into why the final remnants of the Roman Empire collapsed - nearly 1,000 years after ...
New DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire ultimately shifted the population in the Balkans.