It seems the Roman Empire entered the 7th century at the peak of its power. But Roman miscalculations, and their failure against their Persian opponents, brought the entire area into a downward ...

Why empires fall is a question that fascinates many. But in the search for an answer, imagination can run wild. Suggestions have emerged in recent decades that attribute the rise and fall of ancient ...

A distribution map of LRA 4 amphorae (in red, top) and LRA 5 amphorae (in blue, bottom). Credit: H. Olshanetsky, L. Cosijns . Regarding the impact of climate change, the study indicates that the ...

In the eastern part of the Empire the borders were sometimes ill-defined and fluctuating. Rome controlled some parts of southern Georgia but not the whole country. It was part of the Roman ...

The use of large datasets from vast territories previously ruled by the Roman Empire presents a different scenario. Our findings reveal that there was no decline in the 6th century, but rather a new ...

The eastern Roman Empire reached its greatest extent in the 6th century. ... were used to map the general changes in the size and number of sites for each historical period.