A ccording to a recent study, the Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA), a climate crisis in the 6th century lasting 200 to 300 ...

When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...

Aerial View of Ancient Roman Ruins in Rome. Scientists have found that the 'Little Ice Age' may have contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire almost 572 years ago. For a long time, it had been ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Exactly what caused the collapse of the mighty Roman Empire has been hotly debated practically since the fall itself. Was ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...

Though the collapse of the Roman Empire can be tied to a variety of factors, recent research has suggested that an ice age began on Earth in the 500s C.E., at about the time of the decline of the ...

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, but they did experience one thing in common — high levels of income ... History has seen the ...

While these barbarian forces established new realms on the remnants of Western Europe, the Eastern Roman Empire persisted until its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Dr. Kokowski ...