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The Roman empire began in 27 B.C.E. when Augustus Caesar declared himself as the first Roman emperor. The official date of ...
"The Roman Empire was the biggest state western Eurasia has ever seen and, even though it looks big on the map, it was even bigger in practice because of communication speeds," Peter Heather ...
The west was ruled from Rome and the east from Constantinople but, Kaldellis said, “there only ever was one empire”. In the fifth century, the western empire fell and became a series of ...
The eruptions released sulphate aerosols into the atmosphere, reducing solar radiation and causing global temperatures to drop by as much as 2°C. "When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this ...
The Eastern Roman Empire (shown in yellow on the map above) maintained a guilty neutrality toward its Western counterpart, contributing to its eventual collapse.
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 ...
It seems the Roman Empire entered the 7th century at the peak of its power. But Roman miscalculations, and their failure against their Persian opponents, brought the entire area into a downward ...
7,000 glass shards uncovered at a Northumberland archaeological site could hold the key to building a map of the Roman Empire's trade routes. Excavations have taken place at Corbridge Roman Town ...