Roman Empire’s lead pollution was high enough to lower IQs, study says. Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the ...

People living during the golden age of the Roman Empire experienced an average 2.5 to 3 point reduction in IQ due to atmospheric lead, according to a study published January 6 in the journal ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Roughly 2,000 years ago, the Roman Empire was flourishing. But something sinister was in the air. Literally. Widespread pollution in the form of airborne lead was taking a toll on health and ...

From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...

Atmospheric lead pollution likely caused cognitive decline among citizens of the Roman Empire, according to research published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

What was the vitriolic report of Liutprand of Cremona, whose insults towards the Byzantines created a caricature of the ...

Roman Catholicism became the official religion of the Roman Empire in the year 380, according to Learn Religions, a reference site produced by full-time ministers, published authors, licensed ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen chunks of glacier further underscore the 6th century ice age’s ...

Lead poisoning may have played a role in the death of fraternal twin babies from 2,000 ... Previous studies have documented the key role played by lead poisoning in the fall of the Roman Empire.

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...