Peak of the Roman Civilization

[Kookaburra Jack]

In terms of growing cabbages ? After the reforms of Diocletian.

 

[DiocletianIsBetterThanYou]

In terms of growing cabbages ? After the reforms of Diocletian.

A fine time for cabbages, indeed!

 

[faustolevantesi]

In terms of growing cabbages ? After the reforms of Diocletian.

I bet it was.
Christians' blood is the best fertilizer...

 

[fascinating]

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.

 

[DiocletianIsBetterThanYou]

This is a cool graph. From the following paper: Lead pollution recorded in Greenland ice indicates European emissions tracked plagues, wars, and imperial expansion during antiquity

It shows non-background lead deposition in Greenland ice and estimated atmospheric lead emissions as an indicator for silver production across antiquity.

 

[Kookaburra Jack]

I bet it was.
Christians' blood is the best fertilizer...

The integrity of the historical evidence underpinning the supposed Imperial Persecution of Christians is IMO very questionable:
Imperial Persecution of Christians: Historical Evidence?

 

[DiocletianIsBetterThanYou]

The integrity of the historical evidence underpinning the supposed Imperial Persecution of Christians is IMO very questionable:
Imperial Persecution of Christians: Historical Evidence?

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.

 

[faustolevantesi]

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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.

Where did you take this graph from?

 

[faustolevantesi]

This is a cool graph. From the following paper: Lead pollution recorded in Greenland ice indicates European emissions tracked plagues, wars, and imperial expansion during antiquity

It shows non-background lead deposition in Greenland ice and estimated atmospheric lead emissions as an indicator for silver production across antiquity.

View attachment 21423

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.

Do you guys know if this kind of studies exist for the Han Empire too, and if the Chinese data overlap with Roman data?

 

[macon]

Where did you take this graph from?

New Data Reveal the Hidden Mechanisms of the Collapse of the Roman Empire - Resilience

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