What did race and identity mean to the Romans? In this episode of Kings and Generals, we examine ancient views on ethnicity, using primary sources like Cicero and Julius Caesar to understand how ...

Roman generals and emperors offer important lessons about the dangers of authoritarian rule. In an attempt to always appear ...

The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (lived circa 330 to 395) claimed in his book "Res Gestae" (Latin for "things done" ...

What we think of as the Roman Empire lasted from 27 BCE to 476 AD. But the end of the Roman Empire is way more complicated than that, with some putting the official end at 1453, some at 1806, and some ...

Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...

A research team studied unusual rocks in Iceland to better understand the Late Antique Little Ice Age. The team believes that rapid climate cooling contributed to a mass migration of people within ...

For decades, historians have debated to what extent climate cooling may have influenced the decline of the Roman Empire. This new study provides physical evidence that reinforces the hypothesis that ...

The Arizona Diamondbacks’ Autism Awareness Night this Friday will take on an even greater meaning with the grand opening of Chase Field’s first-ever Sensory Room presented by Roman Empire Agency, and ...

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 ...

The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ... the greater the potential for political instability. "The main lesson for today, in my view, is that high economic ...