The Roman Empire existed for approximately 500 years, from approximately 27 BC to approximately 476 AD ... the Roman Empire was approximately 2.25 times the subsistence minimum and 1.88 for ...

acquired a 22-foot-long medieval scroll portraying a map of the world, from the Atlantic to the mouth of the Ganges, as it existed during the Roman Empire. The map's origins were obscure ...

Income from trade helped the Phoenicians build city-states and create an empire. Unlike other empires ... Tyre came under Persian rule in 572 BC and was later conquered by Alexander the Great in 332 ...

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is gearing up to unlock the deepest secrets of the universe with three ...

Aerial View of Ancient Roman Ruins in Rome. Scientists have found that the 'Little Ice Age' may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire almost 572 years ago. For a long time, it had been ...

Geological evidence off the coast of Iceland suggests climate change as a key factor in the decline of the Roman Empire.

Archaeological find in Gloucester: 317 skeletons and Roman mosaics under old warehouse reveal 2,000 years of hidden British urban history.

The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ... while the poorest 50 percent received 25 percent. Do these findings have any modern-day implications? The researchers say ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...