Among other notable inscriptions, a charcoal drawing was located bearing the shield of the influential patrician family von ...

An international team of researchers has succeeded in identifying and analyzing dozens of medieval graffiti in one of ...

For anyone trying to make sense of the situation on the continent, with Emperor Charles V, the Holy Roman Empire, and the pope, Kirsten Claiden-Yardley shed some light. “When Henry VIII declared ...

In the worst, it faces the fall of the Roman Empire. As it was for Rome, so too will it be for America — unless, they suggest, we learn the lessons of history. Whether they focus on the fall of ...

The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, but they did experience one thing in common — high levels of income inequality. A team of ...

Average income in the Roman Empire was 2.25 times the subsistence minimum, compared to 1.88 in the Han Dynasty. The top 1% in Rome earned 19% of total income, while in Han, it was 26%. The Gini ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Exactly what caused the collapse of the mighty Roman Empire has been hotly debated practically since the fall itself. Was ...

But finding the dead, that is unique for the entire Roman history.” Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the 3rd century. The pit where the bodies were deposited suggests a ...