As the Roman Empire fell into serious decline in the 5th century, there were several attempts to restore Roman power amid the ...

AD, the Roman Empire stretched from Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa reaching its maximum size of roughly 5 million square ...

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Bones discovered in a cesspit in Mallorca show this item was likely fried and served by urban street vendors to lower and ...

A study of the Roman conquest of Anatolia reveals how imperial expansion fueled economic growth but ultimately triggered ...

A viral internet trend is revealing that many men think about Rome… quite a bit. Our History editor-in-chief Amy Briggs can explain. How often do the men in your life think about the Roman Empire?

An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

Ostracism is an ancient democratic tradition practiced in Athens that offers an alternative approach of imprisoning political ...

James Corden's UK mansion which he planned to demolish and turn into an £8million new home has seen better days after it was ...

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...