Description: The Fate of RomeClimate, Disease, and the End of an Empire Author(s): Kyle Harper Format: Paperback Publisher: Princeton University Press, United States Imprint: Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 9780691192062, 978-0691192062 Synopsis 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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Book Title: The Fate of Rome
Number of Pages: 440 Pages
Publication Name: The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 203 mm
Subject: Geography & Geosciences, History
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Author: Kyle Harper
Item Width: 133 mm
Series: The Princeton History of the Ancient World
Format: Paperback
