This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... Europe where he pillaged the riches of the Roman Empire. But he was stopped by a confederation ...

Trajan's reign takes Rome one more step toward universality. Now, educated and wealthy men from all over the Empire are eligible for the highest office. 180 AD - Pax Romana ends. The death of ...

There are "any number of specific reasons why men might think a lot about the Roman Empire, to be sure, but in my experience, lots of people spend a lot of time thinking about history," historian ...

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 ...

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 hasty ...

Historian Bettany Hughes explores why Britain became part of the Roman Empire in 43AD and what it ... Suitable for: History at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Second level in ...

Exactly what caused the collapse of the mighty Roman Empire has been hotly debated practically ... spanned three billion years of geologic history that trace specifically back to Greenland.