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Rome’s military collapse intensifies - then the Third Century Crisis spirals out of control

The Battle of Abritus in 251 AD became one of the greatest disasters of the Roman Empire during the Crisis of the Third ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Fall of the Roman Empire Was Less a Clash of Civilizations and More an Opportunity to Mix and Mingle, a New Genetics Study Shows

Researchers who analyzed genomes from early medieval graves in modern-day Germany hypothesize that people from the former ...
UPI

Rome's Torre dei Conti partially collapses, killing worker

Nov. 3 (UPI) --The Torre dei Conti, a medieval tower in Rome near the Colosseum, partially collapsed Monday during restoration work, killing a worker inside. The 64-year-old man was in critical ...
India Today on MSN

Rome did not fall: DNA reveals how the ancient civilisation became modern

The story behind what happened to Roman civilisation was revealed by reading the DNA of the dead.
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Ancient Rome faces total collapse - then the battlefield erupts into carnage

The Battle of Volturnus in 554 is often remembered as one of the final major victories of the Roman world before the empire’s ...
Firehouse

Medieval Tower Collapses in Rome Leaves One Dead, Three Hurt

Rome — Part of a medieval tower in central Rome collapsed on Monday, killing one person, local news reported. The incident occurred at the historic 13th century Torre dei Conti, which is undergoing ...
Nature

Roman Empire’s collapse created a genetic melting pot in Europe

Genome evidence points to a slow blending of peoples — not a violent tide of invaders — that laid the foundations of modern Europe’s diverse ancestry.
News Tribune

Rescuers in Rome struggle to reach worker trapped in tower after partial collapse

ROME (AP) -- Firefighters worked to rescue a worker trapped for hours beneath rubble in a medieval tower that partially collapsed during renovation work in the heart of Italy's capital Monday, ...