How did a changing climate and plague play into the fall of the Roman Empire? I'm joined by Kyle Harper, Professor of Classics at the University of Oklahoma, to discuss his important new book The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire.
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30: Tides of History: Natural Disasters and the End of the Roman Empire
29: Tides of History: Justinian the Great and the Reconquest of the Western Empire
28: Tides of History: How the Eastern Roman Empire Survived Attila the Hun and the Disastrous Fifth Century
27: Tides of History: Why Didn't The Eastern Empire Fall?
26: Tides of History: How Latin Became the Romance Languages
25: Tides of History: The Decline and Fall of the Roman City
24: Tides of History: The Roman City
Introducing Tides of History
23: Could the Roman Empire Have Survived?
22: The Brilliance of Saint Augustine. An Interview with Elizabeth Bruenig
21: Rome's Legacy and the Barbarian Kingdoms
20: The Anglo-Saxon Migration, the North Sea World, and the Birth of England
19: Why Didn't Rome Rise Again? An Interview with Professor Walter Scheidel
18: The Warlords of Northern Gaul and the Rise of the Franks
17: Ostrogothic Kingdom or the Western Empire Reborn?
16: The Kingdom of the Visigoths
15: The Death of the Roman Political System
14: The Calamitous Fifth Century - A Narrative History
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