The "Fall of Rome" usually refers to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D. But historians don't agree about the exact date, nor about its causes. And some historians argue ...

Who truly was the greatest Roman emperor of all time? From Augustus, the founder of imperial Rome, to Constantine XI, the last defender of Constantinople, this ranking explores the leaders who defined ...

The story of one of the world’s most powerful civilizations comes to life this week with the two-night premiere of “The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire” on History Channel. The two-part documentary ...

Excavations at a central Italian city upended the belief that it served as a “backwater town” during the Roman era, finding instead it was a thriving centre till the 3rd century. The decade-long ...

In the grand cities of ancient Rome, aqueducts delivered life-giving water to fountains, baths, and homes. The concrete Romans invented allowed them to build these vast networks. But those systems ...