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

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

Learn more about how income inequality may increase the potential for political instability and may have led to the collapse ...

Research led by scientists at the University of Southampton, in collaboration with institutions from Canada and China, offers ...

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 ...

Jean-Paul Laurens' painting of Honorius Flavius captures the fragility of power in the Roman Empire's decline.

What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?

A trio of researchers from Bocconi University, in Italy, the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., and Stanford University, ...