Airborne particles from minting coins damaged health, a new study says, and might have contributed to the Roman Empire’s ...

In AD410, a tribe called the Visigoths stormed into the city of Rome. They killed many people and the Roman population dropped over the next century.

Lead pollution likely led to widespread declines in IQ during the ancient Roman era ... rural majority of the population may have been through background air pollution arising from the mining ...

In AD410, a tribe called the Visigoths stormed into the city of Rome. They killed many people and the Roman population dropped over the next century.