Learn what the rocks in Iceland tell researchers about climate conditions at the time of the Roman Empire's collapse.

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new study reveals. Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons ...

While circumcision was common in many ancient cultures, the Romans considered it undesirable. In certain parts of the Empire, ...

Ice age triggered by volcanic ash from three massive eruptions that lowered global temperatures may have caused the Roman ...

In October 2024, a construction team came across a sea of skeletal remains while working on renovations to a soccer field in Vienna’s neighboring town of Simmerling. Archeologists from the Vienna ...

The researchers expanded their climate-conflict analysis to the entire Roman Empire for the period 350-476 CE ... increasingly clear in our own time so these findings aren't just important ...

Historians have deciphered a 1,900-year-old papyrus discovered in the Judean desert that details an elaborate tax evasion ...

Archaeologists launch a project to analyze 4,000 Roman bricks from Trier, Germany, revealing insights into ancient building ...

By Eve Sampson Under a soccer field in a Vienna neighborhood along the Danube, archaeologists have found a mass grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost ...