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The Roman Empire faced a deadly plague during Valerian’s reign, weakening its strength at a critical moment. This video explores how disease, invasion, and poor decisions led to his downfall.

Visitors to northeastern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region might also accidentally stumble into another country entirely. Tiny San Marino is Europe’s smallest democracy and has ancient traditions dating ...

Whatever date you pick for the fall of the Roman Empire—perhaps you’re a 476 traditionalist, or maybe you’re like me and you prefer the turbulent wave of downturns in the 530s and 540s—the ...

Archaeologists and students in the Netherlands have unearthed a 1,800-year-old temporary Roman military fort in the ...

By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute who explains why the Red Planet may hold answers about ...

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Making of an empire. As a bold young man, Chandragupta Maurya, the future king of the Mauryan Empire, allegedly offered some brash advice to Alexander the Great, who had crossed the Indus River ...

The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, by A.H.M. Jones, J. R. Martindale, and J. Morris. This invaluable reference work was begun by Jones and completed by two of his student-colleagues. The ...

Was the Roman Empire even worth saving? Posted: June 9, 2025 | Last updated: June 9, 2025. More for You. ... Full list of the 19 countries affected as new restrictions come into force.