Roman Empire nearly disintegrated under the weight of internal strife, economic turmoil, and external invasions. It examines how a combination of rapid leadership changes, military overreach, and ...

Researchers think the camp was built during the second century C.E. Stretching across 22 acres, it was identified using a ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreFrom 500 BCE on, the Roman Empire extended its territory across parts of Europe and North Africa until its frontier totaled some 7,500 kilometres by the 2nd century. The ...

Vindolanda may not be a name you’re familiar with, but you’ll probably have heard of the place it's found: it’s a fort on ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling state-level crime that saw up to 1.2 million Armenians killed in 1915 and 1916. In ...

Since January 2025, the tomb of Emperor Otto the Great in Magdeburg Cathedral has been the subject of extensive investigations. After the stone sarcophagus was opened in early March 2025, the work ...

This was the height of Byzantine territorial power, with its influence reaching far beyond its borders.However, the empire’s territorial history was also marked by significant losses.

At its height, the ancient city of Hattuşa, capital of the Hittite civilization, must have been awe-inspiring. Built into a steep hillside in what is today central Türkiye, the city was ringed ...

For the Holy Roman Empire, the eighteenth century was a time of existential concerns. In his Explanation of Germans’ Right to Trade with India (1752), the jurist Johann Julius Surland sought to ...

The Eastern Roman Empire had seven simultaneous emperors during the Middle Ages, between the years 1203 and 1204 AD. This was a record that the Byzantines set, living up to the most convoluted ...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a single-player, sim-heavy RPG that puts players back in the boots of a blacksmith’s son named Henry as he navigates a war with the Holy Roman Empire near the end ...

The Germanic empire also saw itself as an extension of the Catholic Church’s authority over Europe. Among the citizens of its empire, the Holy Roman Empire sought to uphold Christian values and ...