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Roman Cavalry, the Backbone of Rome's Great Expansion

The Roman cavalry was a force to be reckoned with and has been credited with the success and military expansion of Rome.

Did Climate Change Cause the Fall of the Roman Empire?

“The Roman Empire rises and falls and rises and falls,” says Harper. “There’s a series of episodes of very extreme crises in some cases. And I think the case is now overwhelmingly clear that both climate change and pandemic disease had a role in many of those episodes.”

Collections: Bread, How Did They Make It? Part I: Farmers!

Thanks to our helpful volunteer narrator, this entire post series is now also available in audio format! This essay will hopefully be the first post in a series (II, III, IV, A) covering some of the basics of how things in the past, particularly in the ancient world, were made. This isn't a how-to guide…

Ancient grains: Grant will help U-M researchers rethink Roman diets

https://youtu.be/vcbRkMi_6JA For a long time, researchers believed the diets of ancient people were nutritionally poor. Everyday ancient Mediterranean civilizations relied on a diet of grains and pulses (chickpeas, lentils and other members of the bean family). Researchers thought this food lacked

Ancient grains: Grant will help U-M researchers rethink Roman diets