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Eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano linked to mysterious period of extreme cold in ancient Rome

from Desert Research Institute

Eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano linked to mysterious period of extreme cold in ancient Rome Desert Research Institute An international team of scientists and historians has found evidence connecting an unexplained period of extreme cold in ancient Rome with an unlikely source: a massive eruption of Alaska’s Okmok volcano, located on the opposite side of the Earth. Around the time of Julius Caesar’s death in 44 BCE, written sources describe a period of unusually cold climate, crop failures, famine, disease, and unrest in the Mediterranean Region — impacts that ultimately contributed to the downfall of the Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. READ MORE

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