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 ...

The timeline of the failure of the Roman state is fairly well established and accepted, thanks to the Romans' love of writing. The circumstances contributing to its disintegration, however, have long ...

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed. Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town well ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. It's been a long road for Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War, a real-time strategy game set in the ancient world. Though the game was originally ...

It is the year 376 A.D. The Roman Empire is 403 years old, counting from its first Emperor, Augustus, who began his rule in 27 B.C. The empire was the largest and most powerful state in the western ...

Interamna Lirenas has turned out to be far more than a “backwater town” of the Roman Empire. According to a published study in Roman Urbanism in Italy, this central Italian town thrived well beyond ...