Despite the fall of the Western Roman Empire, many Roman urban centers continued to influence the region well into 700 AD. Discover their lasting impact here.

Digging into the chalky orange-brown soil of western Germany, archaeologists exposed the ruins of an ancient Roman military camp. Their finds were plentiful but typical — until they uncovered a very ...

Total War Attila Free Steam Account Total War: Attila depicts the complex and rapidly changing geopolitical landscape of Europe during the pivotal 4th and 5th centuries. The Roman Empire, once the ...

A sixth-century "mini" ice age may have been "the straw that broke the camel's back" that led to the final disintegration of the Western Roman Empire, a new study claims. Between A.D. 536 and 547 ...

Research led by scientists at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with institutions from Canada and China, offers new evidence about the intensity and scope of the Late Antique Little Ice ...

His large building projects and expensive wars abroad, including campaigns to reconquer territories of the Western Roman Empire, drained the imperial treasury and eventually left the empire ...

The mass production of silver coins in the Roman Empire had an unintended effect: spewing so much lead into the atmosphere that it may have lowered citizens’ IQs.

It seems the Roman Empire entered the 7th century at the peak of its power. But Roman miscalculations, and their failure against their Persian opponents, brought the entire area into a downward ...

The community also integrated newcomers and embraced individuals with diverse genetic ancestries. This study highlights how power shifts and migration after the fall of the Roman Empire influenced ...

Throughout the thousand-year reign of the Roman Empire, disparate populations began to connect in new ways—through trade routes, economic and political collaboration, and joint military ...

Despite the Roman Empire's extensive military and cultural influence on the nearby Balkan peninsula, a DNA analysis of individuals who lived in the region between 1 and 1000 CE found no genetic ...

Browse our interactive map of Roman sites and remains in England, Scotland and Wales.