The eastern Roman empire was founded by Constantine the Great on May 11, A.D. 330. The empire fell on May 29, 1453, when the army of the Ottoman sultan Mehmet II breached the walls of Constantinople.

The Roman empire began in 27 B.C.E. when Augustus Caesar declared himself as the first Roman emperor. The official date of ...

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 ...

The Eastern Roman Empire had recovered Italy—and destroyed much of it in the process. The Western Roman Empire had clearly fallen by the 560s. Italy was controlled by Justinian, ...

Roman Empire mystery solved as scientists finally discover how it collapsed Ancient shipwrecks have shone new light on how and when the Eastern Roman Empire began its 1,000 year decline and ...

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 ...

The eastern Roman Empire reached its greatest extent in the 6th century. Light purple represents its military gains from 533 and 565, a period in which the empire was supposedly devastated by ...

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 ...