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100	1		_aHarper, Kyle, _d1979-
245	1	4	_aThe fate of Rome : _bclimate, disease and the end of an empire / _cKyle Harper.
260			_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2017]
264		1	_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2017]
300			_axiii, 417 pages : _billustrations, maps, charts ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
490	1		_aPrinceton history of the ancient world.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPrologue: 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?
520			_aA 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 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. He takes readers from Rome's pinnacle in the second century, when the empire seemed an invincible superpower, to its unraveling by the seventh century, when Rome was politically fragmented and materially depleted. Harper describes how the Romans were resilient in the face of enormous environmental stress, until the besieged empire could no longer withstand the combined challenges of a "little ice age" and recurrent outbreaks of bubonic plague. A poignant reflection on humanity's intimate relationship with the environment, The Fate of Rome provides a sweeping account of how one of history's greatest civilizations encountered, endured, yet ultimately succumbed to the cumulative burden of nature's violence. The example of Rome is a timely reminder that climate change and germ evolution have shaped the world we inhabit--in ways that are surprising and profound.
650		0	_aClimate and civilization _zRome.
650		0	_aDiseases and history _zRome.
651		0	_aRome _xHistory _yEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
830		0	_aPrinceton history of the ancient world.
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