Some scientists say lead poisoning led to the fall of the Roman Empire

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 ...

A Staggering Excavation Has Rewritten the Fall of the Roman Empire

The discovery changes the whole timeline of the collapse.
New Scientist

Britain's economy thrived after the withdrawal of the Roman Empire

When the Roman Empire withdrew from Britain, the result was not chaos and economic collapse. The metals industry in what is now northern England continued and even expanded in the subsequent centuries ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Hundreds of Ancient Roman Blade Sharpeners Emerge From a Riverbank in England, Revealing the Ruins of a 2,000-Year-Old Whetstone Factory

Archaeologists think the newly discovered artifacts remained at the production site because they were deemed unusable. Large ...
Greek Reporter

The Transformation of the Roman Empire Into Byzantium

The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...