Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

Tassan was showing me a milliaire, or milestone, one of hundreds planted along the highways of Gaul at the time of the Roman Empire ... well as the reach, of ancient Rome. He has created a ...

As someone who’s spent years researching the economy of Ancient Rome ... can draw a direct line between Rome’s high tariffs and the decline of the Roman Empire, but it’s certainly true ...

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

The excavation of an ancient Roman city has rewritten the history of the Empire's collapse ... Launaro's team found evidence to support a different timeline. After analyzing the pottery they ...

HarperCollins, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-0-00-870042-3 More than any other ancient civilization, the Roman Empire continues to ... argues that Rome is the main source of today’s political ideas ...

In 286 AD, Ancient Rome was split into two parts: the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire. The Western Roman Empire had already fallen by the time this climatic shift began around 540 CE.