There is no polity more storied in the west than the Roman Empire, but could its fall have really been caused by its choice of plumbing material?
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Some scientists say lead poisoning secretly helped topple the Roman Empire
The idea that a silent, toxic metal helped unravel one of history’s greatest empires sounds like historical noir, but it is ...
The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse.
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Romans regularly soaked in filthy, lead-contaminated bath water, Pompeii study finds
A study of limescale buildup in an early bathing facility at Pompeii has revealed that the water was replaced only once per ...
Archaeologists think the newly discovered artifacts remained at the production site because they were deemed unusable. Large ...
The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer ...
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