Yet, the abdication of Emperor Romulus Augustulus on September 4, 476 marks the fall of the Western Roman Empire. So, what caused the downfall of the Roman Empire (which began in 27 BC)?

This column’s title is borrowed from Edward Gibbons’ epic tome "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," written in 1776. I ...

Fall of Rome is all about faster, leaner, and more bitesize sessions. Set during the final decades of the Roman Empire, you take control of one of eight factions vying for control as the most ...

The third floor is where the magic really happens. This is the rare book room, a sanctum of literary treasures that would ...

Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.

Historians record that the unified Roman Empire was ruled by 69 emperors between the first emperor Augustus (who reigned from 27 B.C. to A.D. 14) and Theodosius (ruled from A.D. 379 to 395), but ...

Sulla's ruthless campaigns in Greece, including the devastating siege of Athens, marked a turning point in Roman history.

The fresh developments will have important consequences as it means that the ANC’s opponents, and perhaps some new political parties, will win more support unless there is some kind of reformist ...

“This papyrus is extraordinary because it provides direct insight into trial preparations in this part of the Roman Empire,” Anna Dolganov, professor at the Austrian Academy of ...

The use of Roman numerals in the event's name is a tradition that dates back more than fifty years. It serves both practical and aesthetic purposes. It began in 1971 when the Baltimore Ravens ...