New Study Questions a Major Assumption About the Fall of the Roman Empire

There is mounting evidence that after the Romans left Britain, the region's economy didn't suffer as badly as once thought.

A Staggering Excavation Has Rewritten the Fall of the Roman Empire

The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town ...
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A New Reason For The Fall Of The Roman Empire Was "The Straw That Broke The Camel's Back"

One of the biggest questions researchers and armchair historians ponder and debate is how the Western Roman Empire fell. While innumerable theories have been put forward to answer this question, the ...
Newsweek

Ramifications of Roman Empire's Fall Explained by Geneticists

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...

Are We Witnessing the Fall of the American Empire?

Mike Duncan has covered the rise and fall of empires on his podcasts The History of Rome and Revolutions, and he knows what ...

The downfall of the Roman empire and the future of American democracy

An erratic leader, a weak Senate and ill-judged economic policies leading to a contraction in world trade. The fall of the ...
New Republic

In the Ruins of Edward Gibbon’s Masterpiece

There is an old joke. A student at Oxford attends a cocktail party with members of the faculty. Hoping to impress these august dons, the student casually mentions, “I was reading Gibbon the other ...