The Roman Empire was a force unlike any other, shaping the ancient world through innovation, conquest, and culture. This ...

Scientists are exploring the role of lead pollution in the decline of the Roman Empire, proposing that chronic lead exposure ...

Learn how researchers examined lead levels in ice cores dating back to the Roman Empire, and found concentrations high enough ...

Arctic ice cores uncover how Roman lead pollution led to widespread IQ declines over 2,000 years ago, revealing impacts on ...

Ancient Rome’s relentless lead pollution may have dimmed the intellect of its citizens, leaving a toxic legacy that survives ...

A child born within the Roman Empire at this time would have roughly three times as much lead in their blood on average as kids in the US today, researchers estimate. Using modern evidence of lead ...

Researchers measured lead pollution and its impact on human health through Arctic ice-core samples. View on euronews ...

The mass production of silver coins in the Roman Empire had an unintended effect: spewing so much lead into the atmosphere ...

Stretching from the windswept Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland down to North Africa, and from Portugal to the Middle East, the Roman Empire was vast. And to keep its new borders intact ...

“Our data suggests that lead pollution during the 180 years of the peak of the Roman Empire had about one-third as much of an impact on cognitive decline as during the height of 20th century ...