There’s a saying that, when Rome falls, the whole world will fall. Which frankly seems a little melodramatic and egotistical ...

The fall of the Western Roman Empire was not a single event but a chain reaction. Key battles such as Adrianople, the Frigidus River, the Catalonian Plains, and Cape Bon drained manpower, morale, and ...

There is no polity more storied in the west than the Roman Empire, but could its fall have really been caused by its choice of plumbing material?

On the other hand, Rachman’s invocation (somewhere between a fond hope and plaintive cry) of a post-Neronian presidency overlooks the fact that the normal political order in Rome was substantially ...

Ancient Rome didn’t abandon its gods overnight. The rise of Christianity was a slow transformation of the cult-based religious order that had structured Roman life for centuries ...

Roman carriage ornament found in Essex depicts a panther crushing a human head, a brutal symbol of imperial power.

A rtificial Intelligence (AI) has been able to crack the rules of a mysterious Roman board game that’s been lost to history for over 1,500 years. By analysing the scratches on a weathered limestone ...

What is the 'welfare crunch' and what does it mean for the future of health and care? Luca Tiratelli explores.

For decades, one theory has fascinated historians and the general public: the idea that the Roman Empire fell, at least in ...

This series chronicles the lives of Rome's greatest gladiators - from Spartacus's defiant rebellion to Flamma's ultimate sacrifice in the arena. Their stories reveal the brutal rise and fall of ...

The initial mistake was embracing the anti-nationalist philosophy that Soviet communism had implanted. It metastasized in the ...

There are different theories about why the holiday falls in the middle of February, but the month has always been associated ...