melodyriggs 's review for:

The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire by Kyle Harper

3.5

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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There are a lot of reasons that you could argue for why the Roman Empire didn't last. This book brings in climate and disease factors, which is something I hadn't considered before (not that I know a ton about the end of the Roman Empire and the subsequent centuries).