Lead pollution in ancient Rome was so high that it dropped the population’s IQ by around 3 points, if not more. Elites were exposed to lead through water pipes, cooking pots, bath tubs ...

When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far ...

Later the Roman Empire used lead for tableware and for construction, including pipes. Previous research – including an analysis of ice cores from Greenland – had detected high levels of lead ...

Researchers found that the group led by Attila the Hun contained a mixture of diverse ancestries, with at least a few related to elites of the Xiongnu Empire ... in the Roman city Eli Wizevich ...

London 's origins as a city date back to the days of the Roman Empire, after the invaders arrived to Great Britain and ...

Imperiums: Greek Wars is a combination of turn-based 4X and historical grand strategy with a mythological twist.

Pope Gelasius I is said to have replaced the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia with St. Valentine's Day in the fifth ...