The fall of Rome in 476 is a historical turning point that was invented nearly 50 years later as a pretext for a devastating war. The fact that it has since become recognized as the end of an epoch ...

A millennia-old helmet that saw ancient Rome’s first great Mediterranean war was recently unearthed in Italy. The find was announced by the Sicilian regional government in a Sept. 5 announcement. In a ...

For centuries, Rome and Persia were locked in one of history’s longest imperial rivalries. Roman armies even captured the Persian capital several times, yet they never managed to conquer the region ...