"A sequence of severe summer droughts from 364 to 366 not only contributed to prolonged harvest failures and food shortages, but also played a role in the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a catastrophic ...

CAMBRIDGE, England — Extreme weather, not just barbarian hordes, may have helped bring down Roman Britain. A brutal three-year drought that ravaged Roman Britain in the 360s CE likely helped trigger a ...

Researchers have made a startling discovery that the barbarian warriors who brought down the Roman Empire may have been under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs during their epic conquests.

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study in Climatic Change reveals. Researchers ...

In her Preface, the author writes: “I set about the task of finding out what the world was like when rude barbarians and Roman citizens were struggling to mesh their cultures and their lives. My naive ...

Climatological and historical background for the Barbarian Conspiracy ... Credit: C. Norman et al. Several Roman commanders were captured or killed, and some soldiers deserted and joined the invaders.

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A rebellion of Roman troops in A.D. 367 at Hadrian's Wall (pictured here) was followed by an invasion of Roman Britain by three different "barbarian" groups. (Image credit: Gannet77/Getty Images) ...