Most history books say that the Roman Empire fell in 476 AD. In that year, the young emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed by the Germanic general Odoacer. This event is often seen as the official ...

In the final centuries of the Roman Empire, its survival often depended on the decisions of a few remarkable individuals. Among them was a woman who refused to accept the empire’s decline. At a time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here are 22 facts about ancient Rome that'll keep you occupied the next time you're thinking about it: 1.Rome wasn't built in a ...

Associate Professor and Chair of Classics Richard Fernando Buxton taught students in Block 5 about how warfare was conducted ...

Sometimes, finding lead rocks. For example, Welsh experts have classified two such Roman ingots recently found in Wales as national treasures.

Pliny the Elder was an intellectual powerhouse of ancient Rome. Though not a physician, in describing the ideal daily routine ...

The Romans associated pants with barbarism and eventually banned them, but the legwear eventually became commonplace nonetheless.

If he’s distracted and daydreaming — chances are, he’s not cheating on you. He just might be thinking about the Roman Empire. Leave it to the internet to unexpectedly hard launch a new fixation, but I ...