Overview
This book tackles the difficult challenge of uncovering the pathogenic cause, epidemiological mechanics and broader historical impacts of an extremely deadly third-century ancient Roman pandemic. The core of this research is embodied in a novel systems synthesis methodology that allows for ground-breaking historical-scientific problem-solving. Through precise historical and scientific problem-solving, analysis and modelling, the authors piece together a holistic puzzle portrait of an ancient plague that is fully consistent, in turn, with both the surviving ancient evidence and the latest in cutting edge twenty-first-century modern medical and molecular phylogenetic science. Demonstrating the broader relevance of the crisis-beset world of the third-century Roman Empire in providing guiding and cautionary historical lessons for the present, this innovative book provides fascinating insights for students and scholars across a range of disciplines.
- | Author: Mark Orsag, Amanda E. Mckinney, Deeann M. Reeder
- | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- | Publication Date: Mar 31, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 332 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 3031260937
- | ISBN-13: 9783031260933
