Both in schoolbooks and popular imagination, 476 AD stands like a sword stroke: the year Romulus Augustulus, the teenage ...
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Could a violent tornado have struck the heart of the Roman Empire? This video dives into ancient records, eyewitness accounts ...
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A new analysis of 258 ancient genomes from southern Germany reveals that the fall of the Western Roman Empire triggered gradual genetic mixing, not mass barbarian invasions. Researchers found ...
Lead pollution in ancient Rome was so high that it dropped the population’s IQ by around 3 points, if not more. Elites were exposed to lead through water pipes, cooking pots, bath tubs, cosmetics and ...
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A genomic analysis of people buried on the border of the ancient Roman Empire show how distinct groups combined after the empire’s fall ...