Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...

In fact, it's the only civilization in world history that even matters, quite frankly.' Casey believes that there are important lessons to be found in the fall of the Roman Empire, which occurred ...

The final days of the Roman Empire are a fascinating read, but they are difficult to like, followed as they are by a period ...

Trajan’s war on the Dacians, a civilization in what is now Romania ... distinctive monumental sculptures to have survived the fall of Rome. For centuries classicists have treated the carvings ...

They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious example of Rome’s superiority to the rest of the world. Every day, Romans would finish work around the middle of the ...

The excavation of an ancient Roman city has rewritten the history of the Empire's collapse, archaeologists say. A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge completed a 13-year dig at ...

Some Christians were arrested and put to death. At the beginning of the 5th century, the Roman Empire was starting to fall apart. It was constantly under attack from tribes from northern Europe.

What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

Through the Pax Romana, they believed that they were bringing the light of civilization to the darkest corners of Europe and Asia. They had an unshakeable belief in the fact that Rome was superior ...

creating in the process an enduring symbol of Roman civilization and innovation. Built in 19 B.C., the Pont du Gard aqueduct piped water to the city of Nîmes in southern France. This story ...