When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

More than 500 kilotons of lead were ... which severely affected the Roman Empire. It wasn’t until the High Middle Ages in the early 2nd millennium AD that lead pollution in the Arctic exceeded ...

A new book explores how the Roman Empire influenced early Scandinavian societies, laying the foundation for Viking ...

More than 1,500 years after its collapse in A.D. 476, the Roman Empire has seen a resurgence in the unlikeliest of settings — social media. Online users, predominantly on the video-sharing app ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer ... well into the 3 rd century AD. A geophysical survey has allowed ...

Much of Attila’s infamy comes from his relentless campaign westward into Europe where he pillaged the riches of the Roman Empire. But he was stopped by a confederation of Roman soldiers and ...

However, Roman tactlessness and inefficiency, along with famine and internal squabbles, led to a rise in Jewish discontent. In 66 AD, this discontent exploded into open rebellion. Four years later ...

By 115 AD, he had captured the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon and had reached the Persian Gulf. The Roman Empire now stretched across Europe and the Middle East, from the borders of Scotland to ...

The Romans needed a powerful army to invade foreign lands and defend their empire. But what exactly ... They first invaded Britain in 55 BC, by 79 AD the Roman army came here.