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8 Things You Might Not Know About Attila the Hun

Known as “Flagellum Dei,” or “scourge of God,” Attila the Hun was one of the most fearsome enemies the Romans ever faced.

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10 Things You May Not Know About the Byzantine Empire

Explore 10 fascinating facts about the medieval empire that bridged the gap between the classical world and the Renaissance.

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Who were the Goths and Vandals?

Who were the Goths and Vandals?

The Goths and the Vandals were two of the Germanic groups that clashed with the Roman Empire throughout Europe and North Africa from the third to the fifth centuries A.D. Because nearly all of the surviving information about the Goths and Vandals comes from Roman sources, history has taken a largely negative view of these […]

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6 Reasons the Dark Ages Weren’t So Dark

The centuries following the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 A.D. are often referred to as the Dark Ages—but were they really?

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