A new DFG project has been launched to study brick stamps in Roman Trier. Trier reached its peak in the 4th century AD, when it served as a residence for Roman emperors. Monumental structures like the ...

A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...

Scientists have found new evidence showing the scale of the Late Antique Little Ice Age. The University of Southampton team, ...

A new study revealed which ancient empire had the greatest inequality, challenging beliefs about Rome and China.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the ...

The rise and fall of the publicani of the Roman Empire offers valuable lessons on scalability, adaptability, financial ...

Learn more about how income inequality may increase the potential for political instability and may have led to the collapse ...

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...

Archaeologists think that as many as 150 individuals may have been hastily buried at the site, likely after a "catastrophic" ...

In dialogue with Tisby and Laser, Denker discussed her research into the history and incubators of white Christian ...

Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...