A University of Southampton spokeswoman said: “Historians have long debated the role of climatic cooling in the fall of the ...

A University of Southampton spokeswoman said: “Historians have long debated the role of climatic cooling in the fall of the Roman empire. “This new research strengthens the case that a brief ...

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

A recent study from Oxford and Warsaw Universities offers a fresh perspective on the fall of the ... routes as the real causes behind the empire's collapse. Eastern Roman Empire at Its Peak ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...

Reviving a forgotten Roman and Indian trade route could contain China, unite America’s allies, and reshape the global order.

There were lots of reasons that the Roman Empire may have collapsed, but recent research suggests there may have been a climate crisis that contributed to its demise ...

So, the rumours of America's decline are greatly exaggerated.

A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern ...

There’s been plenty of debate over when the first economic bubble took place ... where the city states of the Holy Roman Empire debased currency to raise revenue for the Thirty Years’ War.