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

Gelasius is also responsible for a popular celebration which is still marked every year - establishing St Valentine's Day on ...

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.

Emperor Theodosius I dies. The Roman Empire is divided into two parts: the Eastern Empire, governed by his son Arcadius, and the Western Empire, by his son Honorius. Barbarian peoples—Swabians ...

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 ...

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

Little did he know that centuries later, European antiquarians would describe his remarkably durable Eastern Roman Empire using that old Greek name ... a variety of different objectives including ...

The Roman Empire now stretched across Europe and the Middle East, from the borders of Scotland to southern Spain. It included North Africa, western and central Europe, and what is now Israel ...