Justinian was the last great Roman emperor, but his reign was plagued by disasters beyond his control: volcanic eruptions, a changing climate, and a plague of epic proportions. Those disasters created a turning point that we can, with good reason, call the end of the Roman Empire.
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31: Interview: Historian Kyle Harper on Disease, Climate and the Fall 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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