The two-part special uses dramatic live action sequences, archive footage, and expert commentary to bring to life the crucial ...

As Roman emperors debased their currency and reduced the precious metals in coins, prices spiraled out of control across the ...

The Roman Empire remains a cinematic staple, and here are the best movies to explore the era's scale and scandals.

This edition of History In A Nutshell travels back to antiquity; to some of the earliest days of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome! This expose briefly covers the rise and fall of Rome, including: ...

As gangster patriarch George Scuderi (Frank Harper) tells us in a brief prologue to Bermondsey Tales, “the one thing all Londoners and criminals have got in common is we all love a good story,” which ...

Gladiator is about a general-turned-gladiator named Maximus (Russell Crowe), who was created just for the film. He is likely a fictionalized combination of the historical general Marcus Nonius ...

The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD was a pivotal moment in human history, when Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed teenage emperor Romulus Augustulus in Italy and set in motion the collapse ...

From 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 Romanian segment, the Dacian ...

Is this the real reason the Roman Empire collapsed? Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ancient superpower is so ...