The year 476 AD is often described as the moment the Roman Empire fell. But what actually happened? Romulus Augustus was deposed by Odoacer, a Germanic general serving within the Roman system. The ...

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 ...

In the grand cities of ancient Rome, aqueducts delivered life-giving water to fountains, baths, and homes. The concrete Romans invented allowed them to build these vast networks. But those systems ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the grand cities of ancient Rome, aqueducts delivered life-giving water to fountains, baths, and homes. The concrete Romans ...

I thought we had a wonderful, happy marriage. Obviously, we didn’t,” the media mogul’s second wife – mother of Elisabeth, ...

The Regent Street Cinema is one of those places. This month it celebrates 130 years since it became the birthplace of British cinema with screenings of the Lumière brothers’ groundbreaking ...

For five generations the US provided economic stability, political weight, and military deterrence, but nothing lasts forever ...

Millions visit the vast and remarkably preserved ancient city of Ephesus each year, stepping back through the centuries to walk marble streets, explore Roman baths and admire landmarks like the ...

The anthropologist embarks on a journey by train visiting key sites of the Roman empire. Alice begins her Roman tour at Pompeii, where she explores ingenious Roman engineering, racy artworks, the role ...

The same travertine quarries near Rome that built St. Peter’s Basilica and the Colosseum are still being dug out today.

Alice embarks on her most ambitious journey to date, in search of the Roman Empire, travelling 1300 miles through Italy, France and Spain to discover the origins and secrets of Rome’s success.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Jason Robards, Jr. was nominated but did not win. Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Barbara Loden won.