This essay considers how one of the most classic of all historical questions – the fall of the Roman Empire – can receive an answer enriched by new knowledge about the role of environmental change.

Their findings, published April 8 in the journal Geology, point to the prolonged cooling being a key factor in the eventual decline of the Western Roman Empire — although not all historians agree. The ...

probably not only due to the fall of the Roman Empire, but also, because a wider population decline in many areas at the time. "Juglans [walnut] has a different pattern," says Krebs. The spread ...

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid blamed a lack of diversity for the fall of the Roman Empire and claimed the United States could go the same way if they don’t embrace DEI. The former "ReidOut" host ...

Another added, “The fall of the Roman Empire was not about race—it was the result of military overreach, economic decline, corruption, and invasions by various groups (like the Huns ...

delusional Commodus declares himself a god, and no one is safe; not even Aurelius' daughter, Lucilla. Can anyone stop the fall of the Roman Empire?

The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire is rather different from most chronologies in a number of ways. Rather than just a chronological listing of events, the volumes provide analysis and commentary on ...