Explore how the Goths played a decisive role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire through a series of migrations, military ...

The fall of the Roman Empire is one of history’s greatest mysteries, and determining the year it truly ended is a complex ...

Rome continued on after the Western Roman Empire fell but faced war and a population crash.

Is history eerily repeating itself well over a millennium later? It took Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) the better part of two decades and six volumes to describe the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.

The history of the Roman Empire can be divided into three distinct periods: The Period of Kings (625-510 BCE), Republican Rome (510-31 BCE), and Imperial Rome (31 BCE – CE 476).

And charioteers were often the union figurehead, guiding both their faction and their fans to political ends. Re-viewing Late Antiquity through the lens of labor organization, strikes, work contracts, ...

In the year 166 AD, however, seemingly eternal Rome was caught completely off-guard as a deadly novel disease swept across the Eurasian landmass. It ransacked Rome’s cities for at least a decade and ...

Francis Ford Coppola Compares Fall of Rome to Current American Politics: “Lost Its Republic and Ended Up With an Emperor” The filmmaker was joined by Robert De Niro and Spike Lee at a ...