Nine of the worst Roman emperors, known for madness, violence, corruption, and misrule, ultimately pushed the Roman Empire ...

The fall of Roman Britain in 410 AD marked the beginning of a dark and turbulent chapter in the history of the British Isles. After nearly four centuries of Roman rule, Britain, once a province of ...

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.

Following the Money When we think of empires throughout history we think of examples like the Roman empire, the British ...

The Kremlin's grip on the Russian elite appears to be closing ever tighter as two major figures of Russian business and ...

Throughout history, great civilisations have risen, flourished and then disappeared, leaving behind ruins, legends and a host ...

For the last half-century, America’s population growth has been concentrated in the sweltering, equal parts bone-dry and ...

The end of American dominance may bring global challenges. History shows the fall of empires leads to instability. US-led post-World War II system fostered unprecedented prosperity. Now, this system ...

This novel is Rachel Seiffert’s sixth book, a work of historical fiction told from the perspective of characters stationed near a collapsing Western Front.

The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.