217. Plague and the decline of the Roman Empire
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217. Plague and the decline of the Roman Empire mentions The Fate of Rome, Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire by Kyle Harper with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
In 2017, I published this book about the importance of the environment and this chapter of the human history that's the area that I specialize in stu…
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- Tom and Dominic are joined by friend of the show Kyle Harper to discuss how pandemics and disease played a far greater role in the decline of the Roman Empire than previ…
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