Former MSNBC host Joy Reid sparked controversy after claiming that the Roman Empire collapsed due to a lack of diversity and ...

Tariffs are back in the headlines this week, with United States President Donald Trump introducing sweeping new tariffs of at least 10% on a vast range of goods imported to the US. For some countries ...

exemplified by Roman institutions of economy and political power.... You would have an enormous range and mix of people because certainly in the Mediterranean basin, on the maritime fringe of that ...

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems. As the Roman Empire expanded and became richer, its wealthy citizens ...

This finding emphasizes the use of local resources in industrial tool-making during antiquity, an integral aspect of economic activities which complemented the growing influence of Roman ...

In their study published in the journal Nature Communications, Guido Alfani, Michele Bolla and Walter Scheidel applied modern economic and business tools to the two economies. The Roman Empire ...