Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate ...

the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire. The Western Roman Empire had already fallen by the time this climatic shift began around 540 CE. It was conquered by a Germanic king some 60 years earlier.

Geological evidence found in Iceland indicates that the LALIA was more severe than previously thought, playing a key role in the Eastern Roman Empire's decline. The investigation focused on ...

The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire ... Egypt, the eastern provinces of the empire, and—of particular interest to this most Hellenist of emperors ...

There was still a perfectly good Roman emperor in Constantinople, the superbly sited and fortified capital in the East. In the sixth century, the Eastern empire reconquered Italy, maintaining a ...