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How Christianity changed the Roman Empire forever

Did Christianity really cause the fall of the Roman Empire — or is that one of history’s biggest myths? This episode breaks down the debate popularized by Edward Gibbon and examines both sides of the ...
EL PAÍS English

Genetics reveals that the fall of the Roman Empire shaped Europe’s population

Hundreds of individuals buried along Rome’s northern frontier challenge the idea of barbarian invasions: they had already been inside for centuries ...
Maiorianus on MSN

The 5 battles that led to the fall of Rome

The fall of the Roman Empire was not caused by a single event. Instead, it was the result of many crises that unfolded over centuries. Among the most important were a series of devastating military ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Fall of the Roman Empire Was Less a Clash of Civilizations and More an Opportunity to Mix and Mingle, a New Genetics Study Shows

Researchers who analyzed genomes from early medieval graves in modern-day Germany hypothesize that people from the former ...
Greek Reporter

Study Reveals What Caused the Rise and Collapse of Roman Anatolia

A study of the Roman conquest of Anatolia reveals how imperial expansion fueled economic growth but ultimately triggered ...

Genome study reveals what happened after the Roman Empire fell

By Will Dunham April 29 (Reuters) - 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 ...
The Economist

The decline and fall of the Roman currency empire

In 1847 a few poor labourers living near Kottayam, a city in what is now the Indian state of Kerala, stumbled upon a hoard of gold coins. They exchanged these for a day’s worth of rice or a few rupees ...