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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Princeton history of the ancient world.
Main Author: Harper, Kyle, 1979- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
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?