… 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 …

… Harper's analysis of the fate of Rome in three linked articles, … of Harper's treatment of Roman
climate history, looking first at … one of Harper's central arguments, disease and the impact of …

… -section review of Kyle Harper's The Fate of Rome in which we examine in detail Harper's
treatment of two allegedly widespread and mortal Roman outbreaks of disease. In the case of …

This is the last of a three‐part review of Kyle Harper's The Fate of Rome. Here, we scrutinize
Harper's treatment of the Justinianic Plague, demonstrating how he crafts a convincing …

… In chapters 1 and 2, Harper sets out his stall with respect to the climate evidence, … climate
period called the Roman Climate Optimum (RCO) . . . a phase of warm, wet, and stable climate …

In The Fate of Rome, Harper applies new evidence to an old question: why did the Roman
Empire fall? His answer is unequivocal but nuanced. In general terms, the empire collapsed …

The “fate of Rome” is one of the most enduring controversies in ancient history. In this book,
Kyle Harper takes the debate over the causes of Roman civilizational collapse in a welcome …

… , and stable climate regime rightly known as the Roman Climate Optimum’ or RCO (40). The
chronological coincidence between the RCO and the prosperity of the Han Empire in China …

… to have had another accomplice: the climate. The “Roman climate optimum” emerges from
a range of proxies as a distinct phase of late Holocene climate. In the Mediterranean, it was a …

… the rise and decline of the Roman Empire. This article offers a … climate change is not denied,
societal factors are argued to have had a far greater impact on the fate of the Roman Empire…