Ancient Greek historians disagreed on the origin of the Etruscans, who deeply influenced the Ancient Romans and traded with ...

There are a million reasons to go to Italy, so why do visitors always go to the same few places? Here are our favourite ways ...

Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

Did the mysterious Sea Peoples cause the Bronze Age Collapse, or were they merely a symptom of this catastrophic event?

The Huns were nomadic warriors, likely from Asia, who are best known for invading and terrorizing Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and hastening the downfall of the Western Roman Empire.

Shakespeare showed us the fatal convergence of pride, misperception and political paralysis. In “ Coriolanus ,” the warrior ...

The fall of Roman Britain in 410 AD marked the beginning of a dark and turbulent chapter in the history of the British Isles. After nearly four centuries of Roman rule, Britain, once a province of ...