The fall of the Roman Empire is usually blamed on barbarian invasions, economic decline, or political corruption. But what if there was another, less obvious reason? In this video we explore one of ...

A genomic analysis of people buried on the border of the ancient Roman Empire show how distinct groups combined after the ...

By Will Dunham April 29 (Reuters) - The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD was a pivotal moment in human history, ...

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Hundreds of individuals buried along Rome’s northern frontier challenge the idea of barbarian invasions: they had already ...

Both in schoolbooks and popular imagination, 476 AD stands like a sword stroke: the year Romulus Augustulus, the teenage ...

A woman's skull, approximately 1,400 years old, discovered during the excavation of her grave in what is now Ergoldsbach. Using a tiny bone fragment from the skull, palaeogeneticists at JGU ...

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Europe did not immediately descend into chaos and endless “barbarian invasions,” ...

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 ...

PROFESSOR ROBERTS' BOOK Domination – The Fall of the Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity is cleverly titled, with the word "domination" deriving from the Latin "domine" meaning "Lord".