Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

Barbarian warriors who toppled the mighty Roman Empire may have been high on hallucinogenic drugs at the time of their great ...

Zenobia knew how to take advantage of the Roman Empire’s moment of weakness. She scorned Emperor Gallienus and his generals, who were powerless to stop her. When the next, short-lived Roman ...

The way the Roman Empire developed, was gradually to take over more and more territories ... All the way from the time from Herod, himself and going down to the time of the first revolt.

More than 1,500 years after its collapse in A.D. 476, the Roman Empire has seen a resurgence in the unlikeliest of settings — social media. Online users, predominantly on the video-sharing app ...

Roman religion was split in two ... as gods and was often commemorated with temples and coins. As the Empire expanded, it took control of new countries that had their own cultures and their ...

Between 6 B.C. and A.D. 4, Roman legions ... uplands slope down to the north German plain. But it was further proof that one of the pivotal events in European history took place here: in A.D ...

the scene looked as it must have at the height of the Roman Empire. Two thousand years ago, water ran down this hill via the aqueduct to a mill, where wheat was ground into flour, then transported ...

But what exactly was the Roman Empire? The Romans actually started out in life as just a small tribe in Italy. They fought battles with local people and took over ... and then down that little ...

Theatres were built throughout the Roman Empire. Their design was usually a semi-circle arrangement of seats around a stage where performances took place. Performances often included dances with ...