Hanno is defined by the film’s most formidable character, Macrinus, played by the Mephistophelean Denzel Washington, as a ...

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.

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

Do empires collapse due to natural disasters or diseases? A question that has long intrigued, but the answers are not always ...