Today'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 & 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. Professor Harper's book (support us both with this link): https://link.amazon/B0dLQFRxi PATREON https://www.patreon.com/c/demystifysci OUR BOOK, PARADOX LOST: https://demystifysci.com/paradoxlost SECRETARY OF NATURE : Vinyl: https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/products/vinyl-lp-secretary-of-nature-everything-is-so-good-here Download: https://secretaryofnature.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-so-good-here YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0Sp-n7p7uLefsRjAMGQPQ Stream: Everywhere! PARADIGM DRIFT https://demystifysci.com/paradigm-drift-show #RomanEmpire #RomanHistory #AncientRome #history #ByzantineEmpire MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci-shop.fourthwall.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 DONATE: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@UCqV4_7i9h1_V7hY48eZZSLw@demystifysci RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss MAILING LIST: https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671