The Western Roman Empire crumbled in 478 amidst a backdrop of internal strife, rampant corruption, and relentless barbarian invasions. While these barbarian forces established new realms on the ...

These artifacts had belonged to the tribes known for their notorious raids and for ultimately causing the downfall of the formidable Roman empire. The collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 478 ...

Traditionally, the Huns have been cast as violent barbarians driven by an "infinite ... king Odoacer deposed the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire in Italy. The Eastern Roman, or Byzantine ...

Many historians consider the fall of the Western Roman Empire to ... London and author of "The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians" (Oxford University Press, 2007 ...

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 ...

For years now the fall of the Western Roman Empire has been a subject of debate among historians. Many of the theories behind the fall of the Western Roman Empire are fittingly epic for such a global ...

The Byzantium Empire was the longest lasting empire in the western world. It was inaugurated in 330 A.D. when Roman Emperor Constantine ... first by so-called barbarians, whose invasions ...

Within a single chaotic generation on either side of the year 400, several confederations crossed into the western half of the empire. On Roman soil, these immigrants then formed themselves into ...

and sculptures dating from the city's foundation in 16 B.C.E. through the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The museum's showstopper is the Trier Gold Hoard, discovered in 1993 by construction ...

Dwindling tax revenue made it increasingly tough for Rome to muster enough legions to reclaim lands the barbarians had taken. While the Roman Empire in Western Europe was going to hell in a ...