Three pandemics in the Roman Empire coincided with abnormally cold ... reconstructed the climate of southern Italy between 200 BC and AD 600 by analysing the remains of plankton in a sediment ...

The 2,000 year old ring, featuring the head of Augustus, had been expected to fetch between £150 and £200 but sold for ... who ruled the Roman Empire from 27 BC until his death, aged 75, in ...

the Roman Empire is generally considered to span from the fall of the Roman Republic in 27 BC through the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in AD 476. The period is a staple of history classes ...

Barbarian warriors who toppled the Roman Empire were high on hallucinogenic drugs at the time of their great conquests, according to researchers. The shocking conclusion has come from Polish ...

So, what caused the downfall of the Roman Empire (which began in 27 BC)? Economy, administration: why did the Roman Empire collapse? For several decades, barbarian tribes had been challenging ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire as its coin-based currency accelerated ... The findings would make Rome’s roughly 200-year golden age, or Pax Romana, one of the earliest examples ...

An extraordinary hoard of nearly 3,000 Roman-era ... the Roman Empire, but finding such a large treasure outside its former lands is exceedingly rare. Alongside the coins, over 200 decorative ...

Upon closer inspection and excavation, researchers determined that the find included 175 silver Roman denarii coins ... Rome’s Social War from 91 to 88 BC and during the civil war between ...