Average income in the Roman Empire was 2.25 times the subsistence minimum, compared to 1.88 in the Han Dynasty. The top 1% in Rome earned 19% of total income, while in Han, it was 26%. The Gini ...

By Eve Sampson Under a soccer field in a Vienna neighborhood along the Danube, archaeologists have found a mass grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire ... piece of a helmet, helped confirm ...

But finding the dead — that is unique for the entire Roman history.” Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically ... found in the grave — armor, helmet cheek protectors and the nails used ...

The Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Dynasty may have stood at opposite ends of the Eurasian continent, but they did experience one thing in common — high levels of income inequality. A team of ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...

But finding the dead, that is unique for the entire Roman history.” Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically ... relics found in the grave —armor, helmet cheek protectors, the nails used ...

But finding the dead, that is unique for the entire Roman history.” Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically ... relics found in the grave – armor, helmet cheek protectors, the nails ...

And according to a study published April 23 in the journal PLOS One, the skeleton displays the first-ever evidence of human-animal combat in Europe during the Roman Empire. Gladiator combat is a ...

A cheek piece from a Roman helmet was found to be from a type that ... costly battles took place on the Roman Empire’s northern Danube border between the Romans and Germanic tribes.