In the late Roman Empire, the Roman world was divided into two halves. The Western Roman Empire ruled from Rome and later Ravenna. The Eastern Roman Empire ruled from Constantinople. Both states ...

This ancient queen of Palmyra conquered Egypt, captured Roman provinces, and nearly transformed her realm into an empire equal to Rome.

One of the biggest questions researchers and armchair historians ponder and debate is how the Western Roman Empire fell. While innumerable theories have been put forward to answer this question, the ...