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Roman empire

  • Sponsian had been dismissed as a ‘fake’ Roman emperor. My research shows he was real

    Sponsian had been dismissed as a ‘fake’ Roman emperor. My research shows he was real

    Paul N Pearson, The Conversation
    · Dec 07, 2022 · 11:30 pm
  • Why white supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts in the US are obsessed with the Byzantine Empire

    Why white supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts in the US are obsessed with the Byzantine Empire

    Roland Betancourt, The Conversation
    · Mar 10, 2021 · 11:30 pm
  • A volcanic eruption in Alaska may have helped weaken the Roman republic

    A volcanic eruption in Alaska may have helped weaken the Roman republic

    Guy Middleton, The Conversation
    · Jun 25, 2020 · 11:30 pm
  • How climate change and disease sped up the fall of Rome

    How climate change and disease sped up the fall of Rome

    Kyle Harper
    · Dec 25, 2017 · 11:30 pm
  • Europe’s aristocrats once celebrated (even forged) foreign ancestry

    Europe’s aristocrats once celebrated (even forged) foreign ancestry

    Blake Smith
    · Jun 10, 2017 · 11:30 pm