At the same time as the Romans were building the Colosseum, they were also breathing in high amounts of toxic lead from silver mining and smelting operations. Hussain Didi via Wikimedia Commons under ...
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Airborne lead cut ancient Romans' IQ says study
(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 9 - Ancient Romans' IQ was reduced by the lead in the air they breathed, a new study says. The thirst for silver needed to mint sesterces had deleterious consequences for the health ...
Drought encouraged Attila and his Huns to violently attack the Roman Empire in the 5th century, a new study suggests. Researchers have analysed climate data based on tree rings that provides ...
Researchers discovered three lead ingots in Spain that date to Roman times, according to a new study. Photo from the Journal of Roman Archaeology Archaeologists recently analyzed three ancient lead ...
The Romans may have left an impressive legacy of roads, irrigation and education in Britain but it was always thought they took their DNA with them when they left. However, this theory could soon be ...
Far outside the walls of the Colosseum in Rome, clans prepared to battle the Romans in Europe by taking hits from an attachment on their belts, researchers say. Yoal Desurmont via Unsplash In the ...
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