How Rome Actually Fell 200 Years Before Anyone Noticed - Dr. Kyle Harper (DemystifySci +456)

<p>Today&#39;s guest is Professor Kyle Harper, author of The Fate of Rome, a radical reimagining of the fall of the Roman Empire. It is a saga of plague, volcanism &amp; climate shifts, and coups, that reveals multiple fractures in the empire long before its final collapse. We touch on the crisis of the third century, currency collapse, imperial fractures, and the role of new urban diseases: the Antonine Plague, Plague of Cyprian, Plague of Justinian, and how being rich but sick pointed to critical emergencies hidden in plain sight. This is a story of blind spots and reveals a deep lesson for our present global civilization.</p><p><br></p><p>Professor Harper&#39;s book (support us both with this link): https://link.amazon/B0dLQFRxi</p><p><br></p><p>PATREON </p><p>https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysci</p><p><br></p><p>OUR BOOK, PARADOX LOST: https://demystifysci.com/paradoxlost</p><p><br></p><p>SECRETARY OF NATURE :</p><p><br></p><p>Vinyl: https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-here</p><p>Download: https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here</p><p>YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0Sp-n7p7uLefsRjAMGQPQ</p><p>Stream: Everywhere!</p><p><br></p><p>PARADIGM DRIFT</p><p>https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 Go! An Empire Split in Three</p><p>00:03:20 Why Rome Still Matters</p><p>00:12:23 Gibbon&#39;s Decline and Fall</p><p>00:19:07 Rich But Sick</p><p>00:26:27 Death in the Palace</p><p>00:32:49 City of Cesspits</p><p>00:38:26 Ancient DNA Revolution</p><p>00:46:16 Plague in the Marmots</p><p>00:52:14 Antonine Plague Inflection</p><p>00:59:28 First Fall of Rome</p><p>01:07:18 Plague of Cyprian</p><p>01:13:26 Apollo&#39;s Arrows</p><p>01:21:04 Second Roman Empire</p><p>01:26:17 Year the Sun Vanished</p><p>01:38:45 Flash and Bang</p><p>01:43:45 Hephthalite Huns Connection</p><p>01:52:24 Lightning Round</p><p> </p><p>#RomanEmpire #RomanHistory #AncientRome #history #ByzantineEmpire </p><p><br></p><p>MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/</p><p>AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98</p><p>DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD</p><p>SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci </p><p>RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss</p><p>MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S </p><p>SOCIAL: </p><p>- Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub</p><p>- Facebook: http