While innumerable theories have been put forward to answer this question, the fall of the Western Roman Empire remains one of the most important unsolved mysteries of ancient Roman history.

A University of Southampton spokeswoman said: “Historians have long debated the role of climatic cooling in the fall of the Roman empire. “This new research strengthens the case that a brief ...

Now, a new study has strengthened the case that a brief period of intense cooling called the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA) primed the Roman Empire to finally fall in 1453 CE. The team ...

It was an exploration of the rise and fall of 28 ... invasions. The empire's vast size made it difficult to manage, leading ...

He, Guinness and James Mason as a cultivated and honorable Roman minister to Marcus Aurelius pretty much wrap up the acting honors.

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 ...

delusional Commodus declares himself a god, and no one is safe; not even Aurelius' daughter, Lucilla. Can anyone stop the fall of the Roman Empire?

The international team of geoscientists focused their work on a unique finding: a group of unusual rocks located on an elevated beach terrace on Iceland’s western coast ... have influenced the decline ...