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

The unexpected discovery of Greenland rocks in Iceland hints that a centuries-long cold snap may have helped finish off the ...

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

A team of international scientists, led by researchers from the University of Southampton, has traced strange, out-of-place ...

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 ...

In 286 AD, Ancient Rome was split into two parts ... to longer-term structural decline, even though the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire came centuries after the ice age began.

Unusual rocks on an Icelandic beach were dropped there by icebergs, adding to evidence that an unusually cool period preceded ...

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 have ...

“When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have ... studying the ties between the climate and European history. Three massive volcanic eruptions around 540 A.D ...

A new study revealed which ancient empire had the greatest inequality, challenging beliefs about Rome and China.

Ancient traders soon became skilled at finding their way around paying tariffs to Roman authorities. The empire’s borders were so long traders could sometimes avoid tariff check points ...