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"A sequence of severe summer droughts from 364 to 366 not only contributed to prolonged harvest failures and food shortages, ...
Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...
A severe three-year drought helped bring about a "barbarian" invasion of Roman Britain in A.D. 367, a new study finds. In ...
Scientists link the 367 CE Barbarian invasion of Roman Britain to severe drought, revealing climate’s hidden role in the ...
Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the 'Barbarian Conspiracy', a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain ... of raiding rather than conquest. Their finding that the most ...
Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the ‘Barbarian Conspiracy’, a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...
The analysis, based on the growth rings of oaks from southern Britain, made it possible to reconstruct temperature and precipitation levels at the time and connect them to Roman accounts of food ...
Julius Caesar's two invasions of Britain took place in 55 and 54 BC. Following the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43, it evolved into Verulamium, one of the largest towns in Roman Britain.