The Fate of Rome

Name: The Fate of Rome
Brand: Princeton University Press
SKU: 9780691192062
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Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire

By Kyle Harper

Series: The Princeton History of the Ancient World

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The Fate of Rome by Kyle Harper explores how environmental factors and disease influenced the fall of the Roman Empire. Harper weaves together evidence from climate science, archaeology, and history to provide a compelling narrative that challenges traditional views and highlights the empire's vulnerabilities to natural forces. This work provides an innovative perspective on one of history's most significant events.
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You might enjoy this book if you have an interest in ancient history and are curious about the powerful environmental and biological forces that contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. The author provides a compelling narrative combining climate science and epidemiology, depicting how these factors shaped historical events. Ideal for those fascinated by the interplay between human civilizations and nature.

The Fate of Rome

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 worldHere 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

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How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilisations 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 civilisations encountered and endured, yet ultimately succumbed to, the cumulative burden of nature's violence.

Series: The Princeton History of the Ancient World

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The Fate of Rome

By Kyle Harper

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The Fate of Rome by Kyle Harper is widely acclaimed, being named among the Books of the Year 2017 by Medium.com and The Times Literary Supplement. It was also recognised as one of Forbes.com’s Great Anthropology and History Books of 2017 and received an Honorable Mention for the 2018 PROSE Award in Classics. The book was listed as one of the best in its category by Strategy + Business and recognised by Choice Reviews as an Outstanding Academic Title of 2018.