The fate of Rome : climate, disease, and the end of an empire /

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
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harper, Kyle, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Series:Princeton history of the ancient world.
Subjects:
30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Climate and civilization > Rome.
Epidemics > Rome.
Climat et civilisation > Rome.
Épidémies > Rome.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
Civilization
Climate and civilization
Epidemics
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Rome > Civilization.
Rome > Histoire > 30 av. J.-C.-476 (Empire)
Rome > Civilisation.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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?

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