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How the humble chestnut traced the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the ...
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The Ruthless Rise of Flavius Ricimer: Rome’s Hidden Power
Flavius Ricimer never wore a crown, but he pulled the strings behind the Roman Empire’s final days. Was he a brilliant ...
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New Study Reveals What Caused the Rise and Collapse of Roman Anatolia
A study of the Roman conquest of Anatolia reveals how imperial expansion fueled economic growth but ultimately triggered ...
Archaeologists Found an Ancient Roman Camp Outside the Empire’s Known Limits
It’s one of only four known Roman camps in the Netherlands and was really just a rest stop between larger fortifications.
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Thinking About the Roman Empire? Read These Four Books
A History of Ancient Rome $18.99 $12.14 Buy Now On Amazon The History of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon’s six-volume “History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ...
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The Roman Empire Gave Rise to the Viking Age and the First Scandinavian Kingdoms
The decline of the Roman Empire in the fifth century marked a turning point. The trade and political networks that connected Scandinavia with Rome began to disintegrate, forcing Scandinavian leaders ...
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Roman Empire’s lead pollution was high enough to lower IQs, study says
Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire as its coin-based currency accelerated trade, filled tax coffers and funded military conquests. But the empire’s mining and extracting of silver was ...
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How the humble chestnut traced the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
The spread of pollen from these trees is less clearly associated with the rise and fall of the Roman empire, he and his colleagues found. Its distribution around Europe had already increased ...