A recent study published in the journal Klio by researchers Haggai Olshanetsky and Lev Cosijns analyzes the true causes of ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Annie Houlihan is considering spending a prolonged period in Ireland to escape the potential post-election chaos ...

St. Augustine's insights on unity amidst division resonate today. Explore how his ideas on common goods and civic peace could ...

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

Share how interesting it is that historians think disease and pandemics were factors in the eventual fall of the Roman Empire. Maybe you all can also discuss why people can't stop thinking about ...