Is this the real reason the Roman Empire collapsed? Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ancient superpower is so ...

There is mounting evidence that after the Romans left Britain, the region's economy didn't suffer as badly as once thought. reading time 2 minutes The period after the Roman Empire abandoned Britain ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed. Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town well ...

Pope Pius XI last week appointed Andrew Francis Cardinal Fruhwirth, papal nuncio at Munich, to be Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church. Thereby His Holiness revived an office, founded originally to ...

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Yet the term 'Holy Roman Empire' did not enter common use until the 13th Century with the reign of Frederick Barbarossa. In this video, we explore why this was the case, delving into the Empire's long ...

The Western Roman Empire famously ended in A.D. 476 when its last emperor abdicated the throne. But the city of Rome continued on. So what happened to the "Eternal City" after it was no longer the ...

How did the Holy Roman Empire come into being? This video traces its origins from the fall of the Western Roman Empire through the rise of Charlemagne and the crowning of Otto I in 962. We explore how ...

There are many sides to this story. Scientists remain baffled over a mysterious 12-sided bronze object dating back to the Roman Empire — theorizing it could be anything from a candle holder to a ...

Scholars with the "Constructing the Limes" project led the research on the newly discovered site. Julian de Haas / Utrecht University About 2,000 years ago, the powerful Roman Empire established a ...

Fermented fish sauce, or garum, was an incredibly popular condiment throughout the Roman Empire. For the first time, ancient DNA – scraped from vats used to produce the sauce – has revealed exactly ...

Future Baseball Hall of Fame member Joe Mauer graced MLB Pipeline’s first list of prospects in 2004, and 17 players in all have held that spot to open a season. Three of them were ranked No. 1 more ...