Ice age triggered by volcanic ash from three massive eruptions that lowered global temperatures may have caused the Roman ...

A new study has bolstered the theory that a dramatic climate shift known as the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA) played a ...

Between 541 and 544, there was also the first and most severe documented occurrence of the Justinianic plague in the eastern Roman Empire (also referred to as the Byzantine Empire), in which ...

The ancient Romans were pioneers in many aspects of medicine, but their treatments and surgeries were often painful, gruesome ...

Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...

Michael III, the "Alcoholic" Byzantine Emperor, ruled surprisingly well despite his controversial behavior and personal ...

The way the Roman Empire developed, was gradually to take over more and more territories in the eastern Mediterranean. Some of these were governed as provinces. You can imagine the Roman Empire ...

Sometime between the mid-first century and early second century CE, Roman legionaries clashed with Germanic fighters near the ...

Emperor Theodosius I dies. The Roman Empire is divided into two parts: the Eastern Empire, governed by his son Arcadius, and the Western Empire, by his son Honorius. Barbarian peoples—Swabians ...

Christians around the world will celebrate on the same day this year, a relative rarity. Pope Francis would like to make it permanent.