The "Fall of Rome" usually refers to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D. But historians don't agree about the exact date, nor about its causes. And some historians argue ...

While many factors led to the fall of the Roman Empire, the Crisis of the 3rd Century embodied the turmoil that eventually ...

German author and poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe once said about Rome, “Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.” The city has a complex and rich history behind it. Once the capital of a sprawling ...

Discover how the Roman Empire’s institutions and culture persisted well into 700 AD, challenging the idea that it simply ...

EJ Antoni is acting director for The Heritage Foundation's Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and chief economist for the Center for Data Analysis. Peter St. Onge / @profstonge Peter ...