In 2025, a landmark study published in the journal Geology raised important questions about the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Researchers Christopher J. Spencer, Thomas M. Gernon, and Ross N ...

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 ...

Despite the Roman Empire's extensive military and cultural influence on the nearby Balkan peninsula, a DNA analysis of individuals who lived in the region between 1 and 1000 CE found no genetic ...

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 ...

A Staggering Excavation Has Rewritten the Fall of the Roman Empire. The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse. By Tim Newcomb Published: Mar 05, 2025 9:53 AM EST. 7.

This made-in-Spain production is a giant-size, three-hour, sweepingly pictorial entertainment. It probably tells all that most film fans will want to know about the glory, grandeur and greed of Rome.

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid blamed a lack of diversity for the fall of the Roman Empire and claimed the United States could go the same way if they don’t embrace DEI. The former "ReidOut" host ...

How the humble chestnut traced the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. 14 May 2025. Share Save. Sophie Hardach. ... But as the Roman Empire expanded, the presence of sweet chestnut pollen grew.

Suggestions have emerged in recent decades that attribute the rise and fall of ancient empires such as the Roman Empire to climate change and disease. This has prompted discussions over whether ...