tides of history

The Roman Empire in the west fell for a great many reasons. We could cite a lengthy series of breakdowns in its…

The Latin language is one of the Roman Empire’s lasting legacies. We hear it around us every day in the form of…

The Black Death, the wave of bubonic plague that devastated Europe after 1348, marked the final end of a long period…

When we think of the Roman Empire as a physical space, cities are what come to mind. We see the huge bulk of the…

As the medieval world gave way to the early modern around 1500, European warfare was utterly transformed. Mounted…

When the Roman Empire disintegrated over the course of the fifth century, only half of it actually fell, the western…

Have you ever stopped to wonder why practically every government on earth follows the same basic form?