New Rome: The Empire in the East Stephenson Paul
New Rome: The Empire in the East Stephenson Paul A comprehensive new history of the Eastern Roman Empire based on the science of the human past.As modern empires rise and fall, ancient Rome becomes…
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New Rome: The Empire in the East Stephenson Paul
A comprehensive new history of the Eastern Roman Empire based on the science of the human past.As modern empires rise and fall, ancient Rome becomes ever more significant. That question has obsessed centuries of historians and leaders, who have explored diverse political, religious, and economic forces to explain Roman decline. We yearn for Rome's power but fear Rome's ruin--will we turn out like the Romans, we wonder, or can we escape their fate?
It turns out that the descent of Rome is inscribed not only in parchments but also in ice cores and DNA. Yet the decisive factor remains elusive.In New Rome, Paul Stephenson looks beyond traditional texts and well-known artifacts to offer a novel, scientifically-minded interpretation of antiquity's end. From these and other sources, we learn that pollution and pandemics influenced the fate of Constantinople and the