How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes
swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down
one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient world Here is the
monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of
human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is
the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change
and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome's power-a
story of nature's triumph over human ambition. Interweaving a grand
historical narrative with cutting-edge climate science and genetic
discoveries, Kyle Harper traces how the fate of Rome was decided
not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by volcanic
eruptions, solar cycles, climate instability, and devastating
viruses and bacteria. The Fate of Rome is a sweeping account of how
one of history's greatest civilizations encountered and endured,
yet ultimately succumbed to, the cumulative burden of nature's
violence.
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Wed, 27 Jul 2022 | Review
by: Tanya K.
A fascinating and fairly scholarly examination on how changing climate and disease effected the course of Ancient Roman history.
NOTE: The text in the paperback version of this book is fairly small.
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