The Roman Empire's enduring legacy has profoundly impacted modern politics, architecture, law, and culture. Yet, its origins ...

Yet, the abdication of Emperor Romulus Augustulus on September 4, 476 marks the fall of the Western Roman Empire ... one of the most powerful empires in history.

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History ... Roman Empire is divided into two parts: the Eastern Empire, governed by his son Arcadius, and the Western ...

How does the tradition of Western political thought evolve from Locke’s idea of state to Marx’s vision of the state withering ...

Climate change didn’t begin with the smoke and soot of industrialization. It’s been a constant component of our planetary history. It was here before we evolved and will be here long ...

An rare discovery in northern Luxembourg has given historians a fresh glimpse into the final years of the Western Roman ...

Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked.

Suggestions have emerged in recent decades that attribute the rise and fall of ancient empires such as the Roman Empire to climate ... city of Elusa in the north-western Negev desert in today's ...

You said, “Do I ever think about the Roman Empire? Yes, all the time. Been through the entire History of Rome podcast ... It’s part of our Western patrimony, which we have to reconnect ...