Two thousand years ago, the world was ruled by Rome, but Rome could not rule itself. It took two men to wrestle Rome back from chaos and turn a republic into an empire. In the first century BC ...

Arctic ice cores uncover how Roman lead pollution led to widespread IQ declines over 2,000 years ago, revealing impacts on ...

Lead pollution might sound like a modern problem, but people were subjected to significant levels during antiquity, too.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” “All roads lead to Rome.” “Rome was not built in a day.” Caesar Augustus boasted, “I found Rome a city of brick and ...

The Romans invented concrete, aqueducts, and the basis of the modern calendar. But their achievements could have been even ...

DRI scientists analyzed Arctic ice core records to reconstruct historical atmospheric lead pollution from Ancient Rome, ...

Atmospheric lead pollution likely caused cognitive decline among citizens of the Roman Empire, according to research ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...

"A 2 to 3 points lower IQ doesn't sound like much, but when you apply that to the entire European population, it's quite a ...

Learn how researchers examined lead levels in ice cores dating back to the Roman Empire, and found concentrations high enough ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive ...

A study analyzing Arctic ice cores reveals that lead pollution during the Roman Empire's height contributed to an estimated 2 ...