A new analysis of classical medical texts suggests dementia was extremely rare in ancient Greece and Rome 2,000 to 2,500 ...

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (lived circa 330 to 395) claimed in his book "Res Gestae" (Latin for "things done" ...

(Image Credit: Dr Christopher Spencer, Queen's University, Canada) 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 ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman ... and helped lead to the fall of the Roman empire (Dr ...

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