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Cold Climates Coincided with Pandemic Outbreaks in the Heart of Ancient Rome

Cold, dry snaps accompanied three plagues that struck the Roman Empire

New climate data for ancient Italy point to temperature and rainfall influences on past infectious disease outbreaks.

Plagues that shook the Roman Empire linked to cold, dry periods

A study reconstructing the climate of Italy during the Roman Empire based on marine sediments shows that three pandemics coincided with cooler, drier conditions

Plagues in Roman Italy Linked to Climate Change, Scientists Say

"I was completely baffled by the good timely correlation between climatic change and major events in Roman history," the study s first author told Newsweek.

Devastating Roman-era plagues were ushered in by cold snaps, study finds

Periods of cold and severe plagues overlap in a new study of ancient Roman climate.