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

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

I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor ...

From emperors and conspiracies to gladiatorial games and daily life—see how well you know the empire that shaped the ancient ...

While there are many historical events that stand out from over the years, the end of the Roman Empire can certainly be ...

The much-awaited Gladiator II aims to be an epic return to Rome, but its overly ambitious story and new flashy style fall ...

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

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 ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

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 Roman Empire collapsed but the way in which it collapsed has been crucially misunderstood. So what have historians gotten ...