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

In 9 AD, Arminius led a Germanic ambush, destroying 3 Roman legions in Teutoburg Forest. Warning: this episode contains accounts of violence that some listeners may find disturbing.

The Roman emperors were once the most famous people in the world, ruling over an empire that stretched between what are now ...

The Byzantines and the Venetians were masters of commerce, and that led to a devastating trade war between the two powers.

The Roman Empire's pervasive influence once reached across land, sea, and even sky. During the golden age of Roman imperialism, air pollution grew so inescapable that researchers now suspect it caused ...

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the ...

The roughly 2,000-year-old mosaic was buried in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79. It was discovered in 1831, ...

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

A recent study published in Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology has shown that Roman rule, which occurred ...