Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...

Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate ...

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...

a climatic episode that occurred in the 6th century and may have played a key role in the collapse of the Roman Empire. The international team of geoscientists focused their work on a unique finding: ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire ... during the 7th century. Prof Gernon said ...

Reiner Riedler / Vienna Museum Researchers suspect the fighting took place sometime in the late first century C.E.—probably between 86 and 96 C.E. during the Roman Empire’s Danube campaigns ...

Join us for the first series of History’s Greatest Battles, where we’re heading back to the Roman empire. Emily Briffett is joined by historian Dr Adrian Goldsworthy to look back at five of the most ...

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

which provides people the chance to see county maps from as early as the 19th century, according to the Library of Virginia. In a social post from the Library of Virginia on Sunday, April 6 ...

Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the 3rd century. The pit where the bodies were deposited suggests a hasty or disorganized dumping of corpses. Every skeleton examined ...

At that time, the Danube formed the northern border of the Roman Empire, placing the find in a period of military conflict. Preliminary dating placed the remains in the first or second century CE ...