Mega-eruption in Alaska Helped Found the Roman Empire, Study Says - Haaretz

What's in a headline? It may depend upon the author's (or editor's) viewpoint. Other articles on this subject are Study Links Alaskan Volcano to Fall of Roman Republic, and Eruption of Alaska's Okmok Volcano Linked to Mysterious Period of Extreme Cold in Ancient Rome. All three headlines are correct. Haaretz reporter Ariel David's title rather emphasizes the origins of the Roman period that most negatively affected Jewish history. But David well explains the significance of the eruption, the determination of its date, the debate about its real significance in the "Fall" of the Roman Republic, and the totality of the political and economic events at the time. David does err in equating a 7-degree Celsius drop in temperature to a 44 degrees Fahrenheit plunge. Archaeology's title takes on perhaps the larger world-historical view in emphasizing the impact of the far-off cataclysm on the declining Republic, along with the Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt. Both articles reference the role of Reno, Nevada's Desert Research Institute in the discovery. The DRI's posting follows its "Extreme Cold" title emphasis, going into considerable and fascinating detail on the climatic aspects of the matter and how Institute and other scholars made this remarkable determination. (WM)

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