This graph gives indications of the rise in material output across the meditteranean, which peaked before 100 AD, in the reign of Trajan, then began an inexorable decline until, by 476 AD, output was back to the level of 700 years previously.
It shows non-background lead deposition in Greenland ice and estimated atmospheric lead emissions as an indicator for silver production across antiquity.
faustolevantesi,if you check out that thread, note my posts at 74, 79 and 133 for a summary of reasons explaining why I am near-certain (about as certain as one can get with Roman history) that Diocletian did indeed persecute the Christians.
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This graph gives indications of the rise in material output across the meditteranean, which peaked before 100 AD, in the reign of Trajan, then began an inexorable decline until, by 476 AD, output was back to the level of 700 years previously.
It shows non-background lead deposition in Greenland ice and estimated atmospheric lead emissions as an indicator for silver production across antiquity.
View attachment 21422
This graph gives indications of the rise in material output across the meditteranean, which peaked before 100 AD, in the reign of Trajan, then began an inexorable decline until, by 476 AD, output was back to the level of 700 years previously.