Ancient shipwrecks have given scientists fresh insights into why the final remnants of the Roman Empire collapsed - nearly ...

Gregory Elder, a Redlands resident, is a former professor of history and humanities at Moreno Valley College and a Roman Catholic priest. This photo is from about 2017. (Courtesy Photo) The world ...

Harold Nelson's July 9 letter suggesting parallels of U.S. foreign adventures and mercenaries to the Roman Empire was interesting. However, the Roman Empire fell because those in power kept getting ...

It is the year 376 A.D. The Roman Empire is 403 years old, counting from its first Emperor, Augustus, who began his rule in 27 B.C. The empire was the largest and most powerful state in the western ...

A big rethink of the fall of the Roman Empire. Was it actually an opportunity, rather than a tragedy? Our guest says Rome’s demise cleared the economic path for Europe and the creation of the modern ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The Roman Empire fell more than 1,500 years ago, but its grip on the popular imagination is still strong, as ...

The timeline of the failure of the Roman state is fairly well established and accepted, thanks to the Romans' love of writing. The circumstances contributing to its disintegration, however, have long ...

A new interactive map reveals the Roman road network, linking Ancient Greece with the empire and shaping trade, travel, and ...