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How the humble chestnut traced the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the ...
Rye's rise: Study finds evidence of intensive cultivation in northern Central Europe since the Roman Empire
Rye products, such as black bread or pumpernickel, are not only considered as being typically German. They are also often ...
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From Persecution to Power: Christianity's Rise in Rome
Christianity from a persecuted sect to the dominant religion of the Roman Empire. It examines key events such as the Edict of Milan in 313 AD, which legalized Christianity, and the Edict of ...
Archaeologists Found a Skeleton Wearing an Amulet That May Change the History of Christianity
Archaeologists discovered a silver amulet containing an 18-line text showing the oldest known devotion to Christianity north ...
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The unusual world of Roman Collegia — or how to start a company in Ancient Rome
Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long ...
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How the humble chestnut traced the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
The spread of pollen from these trees is less clearly associated with the rise and fall of the Roman empire, he and his colleagues found. Its distribution around Europe had already increased ...