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Justinian I’s Surprising Recapture of Rome: What Happened?
The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I came close to uniting the former Roman Empire less than a century after its fall. However, ...
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Rome’s Inequality Was Bad. But China’s Han Dynasty Was Even Worse
At their apex, the Roman Empire and China’s Han Dynasty ruled over more than 120 million people combined. Their capitals ...
Quote of the Day: Skeletons of the Roman Empire Are Found Under a Vienna Soccer Field
MARTIN MOSSER, a member of the Vienna Department of Urban Archaeology who was part of a project that found rare remains of Roman soldiers traced to A.D. 80 to 234. He was saying that the horror of war ...