While some might assume that they would outlaw them, after all a Roman victory meant that their ... This was a defining moment in the history of the empire but was far from the first time a ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...

A hoard of Roman coins dating from the Fourth century and covering the reign of nine emperors has been found in northern ...

A team of archaeologists recently discovered a hoard of 141 Roman gold coins dating back to around the Fourth Century CE in ...

Babies were weaned earlier in cities in the Roman Empire than in smaller and more rural communities, according to a study of ...

Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions ...

Atmospheric lead pollution likely caused cognitive decline among citizens of the Roman Empire, according to research published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Analyses of Arctic ice layers point to concentrations of atmospheric lead at the Roman Empire’s height that were about threefold what they are today in the US. The effect on the intelligence of ...

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