Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

Learn how researchers examined lead levels in ice cores dating back to the Roman Empire, and found concentrations high enough ...

The Roman Empire lowered IQ levels across Europe according to a new study, due to the vast quantities of lead pollution.

A recent study from Oxford and Warsaw Universities offers a fresh perspective on the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire. Contrary to the popular belief that climate change and the Justinianic Plague ...

It seems the Roman Empire entered the 7th century at the peak of its power. But Roman miscalculations, and their failure against their Persian opponents, brought the entire area into a downward ...

Researchers say the massive expansion of mining and the processing of metal ores caused airborne lead pollution to soar ...

More than 1,500 years after its collapse in A.D. 476, the Roman Empire has seen a resurgence in the unlikeliest of settings — social media. Online users, predominantly on the video-sharing app ...

Rome wanted to get its hands on all those British resources ... And that is how we became part of the Roman Empire. But what exactly was the Roman Empire? The Romans actually started out in ...

Using modern evidence of lead pollution and its health effects ... which have also noted a spike in atmospheric lead at the peak of the Roman Empire, and archaeological finds, which have revealed ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time ...