Between 98-117 AD, the Roman Empire stretched from Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa reaching its maximum size of roughly 5 million square kilometers. Between 98-117 AD, ...

The Roman Empire meme just got real. Anno 117: Pax Romana lets you try building Rome in a day with better roads, buildings, and more strategy. Anno 117: Pax Romana lets players try to build Rome ...

Humans Excavation in Sudan shows Roman Empire wasn’t as mighty as it claimed. When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying ...

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 ...

Barbarian warriors who toppled the Roman Empire were high on hallucinogenic drugs at the time of their great conquests, according to researchers. The shocking conclusion has come from Polish ...

St Patrick’s Flag. Over time a cross developed known as St Patrick’s cross, which is a red diagonal cross on a white background, called the red saltire. In 1801, St Patrick’s Cross was added to the ...

News; Nation/World ‘Awkward gesture’? ‘Roman salute’? In Germany, its meaning is clear Jan. 24, 2025 Updated Fri., Jan. 24, 2025 at 9:18 p.m. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air thick with lead, scientists found. January 8, 2025 ...

Scholars have debated lead poisoning’s impact on Roman history for decades. Some have even argued that lead poisoning played a role in the downfall of the Roman empire. Most of those arguments have ...

Research shows that A.D. 536 was not the worst year to be alive. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Studies show that there is ...

The eastern Roman Empire reached its greatest extent in the 6th century. Light purple represents its military gains from 533 and 565, a period in which the empire was supposedly devastated by ...