Other dates for the end of the Western Roman Empire vary, including 406 CE (the Crossing of the Rhine), 410 CE (the sack of Rome), and 480 CE (the death of Julius Nepos).

The team focused on three periods—the height of the empire from A.D. 1 to A.D. 250, the late imperial period, from A.D. 250 to A.D. 550, and following the collapse of the Western Roman empire ...

Its fall ushered in an age of chaos, isolation, and vulnerability. This moment didn’t just alter Britain,it echoed across Europe as the Western Roman Empire edged closer to its own demise.

Despite the Roman Empire's extensive military and cultural influence on the nearby Balkan peninsula, a DNA analysis of individuals who lived in the region between 1 and 1000 CE found no genetic ...

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.

The Roman Empire is seeing a surprising resurgence this week, thanks to a recent TikTok trend, where videos with the hashtag # theromanempiretrend raked in more than 31 million views, and videos ...

The birth of the Holy Roman Empire—and the unlikely king who ruled it The fall of Rome led to chaos in Western Europe. Enter Carolus Magnus, more commonly known as Charlemagne, who sought to ...

While it might seem like the pandemic single-handedly caused the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, it was clearly more complicated than that. The western Roman Empire would muddle along for over ...

From there the Roman Empire continued to grow in size and influence. Emperor Trajan, a Spaniard and the first Roman emperor to be born outside of Italy, rose to power in 98 BCE.

Mr. Rapley is the author, with Peter Heather, of “Why Empires Fall: Rome, America and the Future of the West.” America likes to think of itself in garlanded terms. The shining city on a hill ...