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 ...

The Senate continued to meet in Rome just as it had for nearly a millennium. Latin remained the language of administration.

The fall of the Roman Empire is usually blamed on barbarian invasions, economic decline, or political corruption. But what if there was another, less obvious reason? In this video we explore one of ...

Interamna Lirenas has turned out to be far more than a “backwater town” of the Roman Empire. According to a published study in Roman Urbanism in Italy, this central Italian town thrived well beyond ...

A supposed "backwater" of the Roman Empire is challenging traditional assumptions about the ancient civilization's decline, according to a research project that has lasted more than a decade. For 13 ...

(via SciShow) There’s a saying that, when Rome falls, the whole world will fall. Which frankly seems a little melodramatic and egotistical on the part of the Romans. Except that they kinda had a point ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: “We started with a site so unpromising that no one had ever tried to excavate it,” Alessandro Launaro, the study’s author and Interamna Lirenas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer ...