"The Roman Empire was the biggest state western Eurasia has ever seen and, even though it looks big on the map, it was even bigger in practice because of communication speeds," Peter Heather ...

The Huns were nomadic warriors, likely from Asia, who are best known for invading and terrorizing Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and hastening the downfall of the Western Roman Empire.

From SPQR by Mary Beard to Are We Rome? by Cullen Murphy, these four books are the best to read to learn about the Roman Empire...if you're thinking about it.

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. Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town ...

She adds that while the actual Roman Empire presented us with many different masculinities—including a complex history of queer identity—it “was patriarchal, so groups who like nostalgic ...

This week was a big one, as yesterday's Tinto Maps post was the grand heart of early modern Europe: The Holy Roman Empire. Historical strategy fans long knew that this would be an immense ...

Whether you're a Roman Empire enthusiast or just looking for a new survival game to try, Lost Legions is certainly shaping up nicely so far. Lost Legions is set to launch on Steam in early access ...

The roads built by the Romans in Britain continued to be used for both travel and trade in the Middle Ages for more than a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire, according to a recent ...

The eastern Roman Empire reached its greatest extent in the 6th century. ... were used to map the general changes in the size and number of sites for each historical period.

One of the farthest corners of the Roman Empire, Judaea was a land of ancient traditions and religious fervor. Decades of Roman rule were causing ever more resentment. Descent into chaos ...

The expansion of the Roman Empire and its continuous military conflicts led to the incorporation of foreign warriors into its ranks. During the war against the Marcomanni on the Danube, around AD 180, ...