In 330AD, Emperor Constantine split the Roman Empire into two eastern and western halves. Rome remained the capital of the Western Roman Empire, while Constantinople - modern-day Istanbul - was ...

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.

A sixth-century "mini" ice age may have been "the straw that broke the camel's back" that led to the final disintegration of the Western Roman Empire, a new study claims.. Between A.D. 536 and 547 ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen chunks of glacier further underscore the 6th century ice age’s ...

Downfall. The decline and eventual “fall” of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE was not due to a single event, but rather a series of factors that gradually weakened it over centuries. The ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years ...

A Staggering Excavation Has Rewritten the Fall of the Roman Empire The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse. By Tim Newcomb Published: Mar 05, 2025 9:53 AM EST ...

Visitors will find an extensive collection of Roman antiquities including mosaics, frescoes, and sculptures dating from the city's foundation in 16 B.C.E. through the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

It covers almost 600km of the whole Roman Empire’s Danube frontier. The property formed part of the much large frontier of the Roman Empire that encircled the Mediterranean Sea. The Danube Limes ...

A new discovery of a Roman army marching camp changes what we know about the frontier boundaries of the empire beyond the Rhine River. The camp was located within the forested Veluwe in the ...