Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

Case studies, such as the site of the ancient city of Elusa in the north-western Negev desert in ... or economy in the 6th century eastern Roman Empire. In fact, there seems to have been an ...

A team of archaeologists recently discovered a hoard of 141 Roman gold coins dating back to around the Fourth Century CE in ...

A question that has long intrigued, but the answers are not always where we expect them. A recent study challenges conventional ideas about the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire. Contrary to popular ...

Ancient shipwrecks have given scientists fresh insights into why the final remnants of the Roman Empire collapsed - nearly 1,000 years after the fall of Rome. In 330AD, Emperor Constantine split ...

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 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered 141 ancient Roman gold treasure coins in Luxembourg, shedding light on Roman frontier defenses.