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 ...

The fall of the Roman Empire remains one of the most intriguing and widely studied events in human history. While traditional ...

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The decline and eventual “fall” of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE was not due to a single event, but rather a series of factors that gradually weakened it over centuries.

The Franks, a Germanic tribe that rose to prominence during the fall of the Roman Empire, played a central role in the formation of modern Europe. Their legacy stretches from the collapse of the ...

It is not our own cognitive laziness in the face of AI that is the only problem. Large Language Models (LLMs) hallucinate — and no, the hallucination rate has not been reduced, but appears to be ...

Ancient Iran was home to numerous exceptionally powerful kings throughout history. This was particularly so in the era of the ...

Max Sligh on “Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the Frist Art Museum, Nashville.

They read Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Volume I published in 1776—what timing!) and fretted that their republic would follow the fate of the licentious Roman Empire.

The Greek language thrived under Roman rule as Latin remained limited; cultural pride and education preserved Eastern ...

No kings’ would effectively be the watchword through the Roman republic’s entire history. ‘Rex’ was a word the Romans hated.

A new discovery of a Roman army marching camp changes what we know about the frontier boundaries of the empire beyond the Rhine River. The camp was located within the forested Veluwe in the ...