This paper synthesizes the contemporary challenges for the sustainability of the social-
environmental system (SES) across a geographically, environmentally, and geopolitically …

This timely Handbook on Digital Business Ecosystems provides a comprehensive overview
of current research and industrial applications as well as suggestions for future …

Caused by Yersinia pestis, plague ravaged the world through three known pandemics: the
First or the Justinianic (6th–8th century); the Second (beginning with the Black Death during …

The growing interconnections among societies have facilitated the emergence of systemic
crises, ie, shocks that rapidly spread around the world and cause major disruptions …

This article is a detailed critical review of all the major scholarly publications in the rapidly
expanding field of the Justinianic Plague published from 2000 through 2018. It updates the …

The Imperial Women of Rome explores the constraints and activities of the women who were
part of Rome's imperial families from 35 BCE to 235 CE, the Roman principate. Boatwright …

This essay offers a critique of, and a set of alternative approaches to, the study of Roman
economic well-being. It examines the calculations, methods, and assumptions used to …

This article surveys some examples of the ways past societies have responded to
environmental stressors such as famine, war, and pandemic. We show that people in the …

Linked to major volcanic eruptions around 536 and 540 CE, the onset of the Late Antique
Little Ice Age has been described as the coldest period of the past two millennia. The exact …

" This book offers an archaeological analysis of maritime economy and connectivity in the
Roman east. That seafaring was fundamental to prosperity under Rome is beyond doubt, but …