Fate of Rome

Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire

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Beschreibung

<p><b>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</b><br><br>Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. <i>The Fate of Rome</i> 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. <i>The Fate of Rome</i> 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.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780691192062

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

203 x 134 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Verlag / Hersteller

Princeton Univers. Press