An Environmental and Climate History of the Roman Expansion in Italy
An Environmental and Climate History of the Roman Expansion in Italy
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DOI：
10.1162/jinh_a_01971
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发表时间：
2023-06-01
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0.5
通讯作者：
Cheung, Caroline
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作者：
Bernard, Seth;McConnell, Joseph;Cheung, Caroline
罗马在意大利扩张时期(约公元前400-29年)现有资料的首次综合展示了气候和环境在早期罗马帝国主义中的作用。尽管全球指数显示气候变暖的阶段相对较少，短期气候事件几乎与扩张同时发生，但当地数据强调了这些趋势的时间和表达方式高度可变。这种变化性使人们对单一的、具有历史意义的“罗马暖期”的想法产生了怀疑。气候和环境对社会经济发展的历史重要性值得强调，但应从罗马扩张期间意大利社区不断演变的偶发形式的复原力和减轻风险的行为的角度来理解。
A first synthesis of available data for the period of Rome's expansion in Italy (about 400-29 b.c.e.) shows the role of climate and environment in early Roman imperialism. Although global indices suggest a warmer phase with relatively few short-term climate events occuring around the same time as the expansion, local data emphasize the highly variable timing and expression of these trends. This variability casts doubt on ideas of a unitary, historically consequential "Roman Warm Period." The historical importance of climate and environment to socioeconomic development merits emphasis, but should be understood in terms of evolving, contingent forms of resilience and risk-mitigating behavior by Italian communities during Roman expansion.