Augustus, though careful to preserve the appearance of republican institutions, held ultimate authority, effectively making ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

Roman emperors were renowned for their ability to project ... limiting freedoms for women and others? Will he hasten the fall of the American empire, or will he turn the tide?

Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II.” Its fall is said to be imminent. The dream it once symbolized is ...

The official date of the Roman empire’s end is generally considered to be 476 C.E. However, the empire did not succumb to a sudden collapse. It had been slowly declining over the course of several ...

Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal and director Sir Ridley Scott walked the red carpet in London.

But Rome’s foundations started to weaken less than a century later, and by 27 BCE, the republic had collapsed. It then transformed into an empire, and even though the Roman state persisted ...

The "remarkable" church, thought to be more than 1,600 years old, was found in an ancient city by a desert oasis.

SETH JONES, a senior vice president with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, on the ramifications for the United States and it’s military in the Pacific if China were to successfully ...

The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies held the last installment of its public lecture series this past Wednesday in ...