The fate of Rome : climate, disease, and the end of an empire / Kyle Harper.
A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire 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 chan...
Uniform Title: | Princeton history of the ancient world.
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Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2017]
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Series: | Princeton history of the ancient world.
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Physical Description: | 417 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Contents:
- 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?