The Roman Empire grew over a long period of time from basically a political unit in Italy to the entire Mediterranean basin, but it took a lot of time.... It really grew out of a number of ...

Much of Attila’s infamy comes from his relentless campaign westward into Europe where he pillaged the riches of the Roman Empire. But he was stopped by a confederation of Roman soldiers and ...

A king of Spain and archduke of Austria, Charles V ruled over the Holy Roman Empire for nearly 40 years, dealing with such challenges as uprisings tied to the Reformation, threats from the Ottoman ...

The world of the Roman Empire was not just one of legions, emperors, and conquests — it was also a world of legal disputes, ...

Around 2,500 years ago, the city of Rome was at the centre of a huge empire that stretched from Scotland to Syria. The Roman Empire was based upon enslaved people and citizens. Enslaved people ...

Wealth, culture, and power dwelled in the city of Palmyra in the third century A.D. This cosmopolitan capital of the Roman province of the same name lay close to the empire’s eastern borders ...

This time, he succeeded. And that is how we became part of the Roman Empire. But what exactly was the Roman Empire? The Romans actually started out in life as just a small tribe in Italy.