The Roman Empire’s conquest of Dacia and Mesopotamia marked two major expansions—one in the rugged north, the other into the eastern frontiers. This video explores the strategies, emperors ...

Between 98-117 AD, the Roman Empire stretched from Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa reaching its maximum size of roughly 5 million square kilometers.

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen chunks of glacier further underscore the 6th century ice age’s ...

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 2,000 years ago ...

Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is based on common misconceptions.

A team of archaeologists recently discovered a hoard of 141 Roman gold coins dating back to around the Fourth Century CE in northern Luxembourg. According to the National Institute for ...

A recent study published in Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology has shown that Roman rule, which occurred over two thousand years ago, continues to leave deep marks on regions in ...

Archaeology Romans Roman Empire grew after catastrophic volcanic eruption, study finds Opinion By Haggai Olshanetsky, Lev Cosijns published 5 January 2025 ...

Yet despite this overwhelming juggernaut, the empire’s expansion was stopped dead in its tracks by three civilizations that still have strong traditions of fierce independence today.

Recent archaeological discoveries are leading to a radical revision by scholars of the intensity, scale and importance of maritime trade between the Subcontinent and the world.