The Eastern and Western Roman Empires had a layered history, experienced a major division, and left lasting cultural and ...

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 ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed.© Silvia Otte - Getty Images ...

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.

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 ...

Historically speaking, the empire can be divided in two parts: the Western Roman Empire, which lasted until 476 A.D. (after the fall of the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus) and the Eastern Roman ...

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 ...

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 ...

An op-ed in The New York Times warns, as the headline puts it, “America is an empire in decline” and finds a precedent in imperial Rome. The piece, written by the co-author of a new book ...

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 ...