Yet, the abdication of Emperor Romulus Augustulus on September 4, 476 marks the fall of the Western Roman Empire. So, what caused the downfall of the Roman Empire (which began in 27 BC)?

From olive oil to wine, Roman exports dominated markets, making the Mediterranean a “Roman lake.” The Decline ... signaled the empire’s vulnerability. By 476 CE, the Western Roman Empire ...

The Roman Empire, which was significant for carrying forward the tradition of Western political thought, collapsed around 476 AD. This seismic political event is captured by historian Edward Gibbon in ...

This remark reminds me of the Sadducees compromising with the Roman Empire, the Pharisees making an idol out of religion, and the Zealots using violence to expand their own kingdom, all in God's name.

Centuries later it was the turn of the “eternal city of Rome” and of the Roman Empire. A century before Christ the Roman poet Tibullus described Rome as the “eternal city.” Rome was known as “Caput ...

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

Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

Fall of Rome is all about faster, leaner, and more bitesize sessions. Set during the final decades of the Roman Empire, you take control of one of eight factions vying for control as the most ...

The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between ... 170 when the entire lines of both the Western and Eastern Roman emperors are ...

As a result, the party is now more likely to simply continue its decline. The fresh developments will have important consequences as it means that the ANC’s opponents, and perhaps some new ...

The rarest find included three coins with the depiction of Emperor Eugenius, as he reigned just two years from 392 to 394 A.D. Eugenius was emperor of the Western Roman Empire but was installed by ...