a series of Roman fortifications that marked the end of the Roman Empire’s territory in the area. The nearby Anreppen camp briefly housed Roman soldiers before it was abandoned following the ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen chunks of glacier further underscore the 6th century ice age’s severity.

Such is the nature of empire that scale can be measured ... the authors take us through the evolution of Roman Gaul from conquered territory to province, as its population grows from 3.75 million ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...

Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and ... or slaves bought outside Roman territory. In hard times, it was not uncommon for desperate Roman citizens to raise money by selling ...

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

The Roman Empire existed for approximately 500 years, from approximately 27 BC to approximately 476 AD, and included most of the territory surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, other parts of Europe ...

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

At the age of 36, the autocratic Augustus Caesar became Emperor and protector of some 50 million souls who inhabited a ...