Will the West Fall Like Rome?

How To Academy: "Is the West doomed to be the next Roman Empire? Can we learn something from its fall? Medieval historian Peter Heather thinks we can – and must. What can we learn about the decline of the West from the fall of the Roman Empire? Was decline inevitable for Rome and is it …

King Arthur’s Britain: The Real Legacy of The Roman Invasion in Britain

Timeline: World History Documentaries: "Sheep-farming archaeologist, Francis Pryor, presents a historical series which explores Britain A.D, the British national character and the ultimate British icon King Arthur...Pryor examines the history of Britain near the end of the Roman occupation. The first installment focuses on Britain under Roman rule, revealing a much greater degree of collaboration …

Medieval British History: Anglo-Saxon Migrations and Genetics

Anglo-Saxons began to migrate from the European continent around 450 A.D. This changed the language and culture of what became England from Romano-British to Germanic. The Germanic-speakers in Britain, themselves of diverse origins, eventually developed a common cultural identity as Anglo-Saxons. More. Anglo-Saxons Explained in 10 MinutesCaptivating History: "There was a time before England was …

Is Society About to Fall Apart?

"How do we know when society is about to fall apart?" asked Ben Ehrenreich in the NYT Magazine. "Meet the scholars who study civilizational collapse." Ehrenreich is the author of "Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time." Bringing together climate science, mythologies, nature writing, and personal experiences, he "presents a stunning reckoning …

The Remarkable Barbarian, Attila the Hun, Who Challenged the Romans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnW6H0EEBBI&t=9s Attila the Hun (406-453), based in Mongolia, gave the Romans a run for their money. He led not only the Huns but a tribal empire consisting of the Ostrogoths, and Alans among others, in Central and Eastern Europe. His territory stretched from what is today Ukraine to Hungary. He was notoriously brutal and feared …

Early Anglo-Saxon Kings and Queens of England Were Originally Part of Germanic Tribes

Lindsay Holiday tells the story of the early Anglo-Saxons in Britain between 450 and 1066 A.D. The Saxons were originally Germanic tribes who migrated from Saxony and other parts of the European continent and developed the English language -- at least half the words in the language were originally Anglo-Saxon words. She asks and answers …

Who Were the Celts? How Did They Save Britain?

I like to think of my ancestry as Celtic as opposed to Roman and Anglo-Saxon. The Celts, it seemed, were not particularly interested in dominating others, not interested in building empires, but were very soulful -- musicians, poets, religious leaders, faeries, story-tellers. The Celts of the British Isles -- the Scottish, the Irish, the Welsh …

New Look at Britain Before and After the Romans. Far Stronger and More Developed Than Previously Thought

Sensing that his empire was over-extended and facing insecurity at home, the Roman emperor Constantine III withdrew nearly all of his army from England around 409 A.D. This was a couple of generations before the sacking of Rome in 476 A.D. Roman culture and influence in Britain "dwindled to an almost negligible point," wrote Philip …

Iran’s Dramatic History Shapes Current Events

In light of international crises involving Iran, History Today, a monthly magazine based in London, zooms out over centuries and offers readers access to its archived articles on Iranian history. Among them: Return of the Ayatollah: Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini became a lightning rod for the mass protests which overthrew the shah of Iran in 1979, …

Byzantium: Greco-Roman Eastern Empire for 1100 Years, Was Lost 560 Years Ago, But Traces Remain

Traces of Byzantium, the Greco-Roman Eastern Empire that dominated for a thousand years, can still be found in Turkey, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, as this documentary illustrates. It was overtaken by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantin...//Empire, from 395–1453 A.D. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...Emperors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantin...Architecture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_...Orthodox Church.