Skull of an individual of East African ancestral origin found in Viminacium, with the oil lamp featuring an eagle found in his tomb. A multidisciplinary study has reconstructed the genomic history of ...

This edition of History In A Nutshell travels back to antiquity; to some of the earliest days of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome! This expose briefly covers the rise and fall of Rome, including: ...

German author and poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe once said about Rome, “Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.” The city has a complex and rich history behind it. Once the capital of a sprawling ...

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This image shows the skull of the East African individual plus the oil lamp with the legionary eagle that he was buried with. Despite the Roman Empire’s extensive military and cultural influence on ...

Geneticists have shed new light on the effects of the Roman Empire on Southeast Europe. New DNA analysis has shown how the rise and fall of the empire influenced populations in the Balkans—a region of ...

“Civilisations: Rise and Fall is the next iteration, building on this important legacy, and bringing a fresh eye to this ...

Is this the real reason the Roman Empire collapsed? Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ancient superpower is so ...

It is 113 BC Rome is a Republic, a small empire that clings to the rim of the Mediterranean. Though a democracy in name and spirit, a man must be rich and from the noble class to hold the highest ...

Have you ever wondered what it felt like to walk through the bustling markets of ancient Rome or stand beneath the towering pyramids of Egypt? These eight carefully selected books offer something ...

Rise and Fall (BBC Two) is that it has nothing to do with Sir Kenneth Clark’s 1969 series Civilisation, despite the BBC ...