Archaeologists launch a project to analyze 4,000 Roman bricks from Trier, Germany, revealing insights into ancient building ...

Geological evidence off the coast of Iceland suggests climate change as a key factor in the decline of the Roman Empire.

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 ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

Archaeologists solved the mystery of the ruins of the Desolate Castle, determining that the mysterious site on the Danube ...

As the largest town closest to the volcano, Pompeii suffered the most damage and was essentially wiped off the map. It was ...

Stretching from the heart of Rome into the Italian countryside, the Appian Way is more than just a road—it’s a path through ...

But finding the dead — that is unique for the entire Roman history.” Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the third century. The pit where the bodies were deposited ...

By Eve Sampson Under a soccer field in a Vienna neighborhood along the Danube, archaeologists have found a mass grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost ...

Barbarian warriors who toppled the Roman Empire were high on hallucinogenic drugs at the time of their great conquests, according to researchers. The shocking conclusion has come from Polish ...