The Roman Empire had two main populations: gods and humans. By its end, there was only one god left. How, and why, did he reign supreme?

The lines (called zoning) record the growth of the crystal in magmas over time, much like tree rings. (Image Credit: Dr Christopher Spencer, Queen's University, Canada) Though the collapse of the ...

The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.

Average income in the Roman Empire was 2.25 times the subsistence minimum, compared to 1.88 in the Han Dynasty. The top 1% in Rome earned 19% of total income, while in Han, it was 26%. The Gini ...

According to a recent study, the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA), a climate crisis in the 6th century lasting 200 to 300 years, may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire ...

Credit: Walters Art Museum, licensed under CC0. What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire that lasted in human memory for ...

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It's the first physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman Empire. Forced to fight animals and each other for entertainment, gladiators loom large in the public imagination of the ...

The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, but they did experience one thing in common — high levels of income inequality. A team of ...