The fate of Rome : climate, disease, & the end of an empire / Kyle Harper.

Author: Harper, Kyle, 1979- author.

Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Description415 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Note:Prologue: Nature's triumph -- Environment and empire -- The happiest age -- Apollo's revenge -- The old age of the world -- Fortune's rapid wheel -- The wine-press of wrath -- Judgment Day -- Epilogue: Humanity's triumph?

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-412) and index.

Note:Discusses the roles of climate change and infectious diseases in the fall of the Roman empire, using new discoveries in climate science and genetics to trace a history of climatic instability and devastating illnesses that contributed to the empire's demise.

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