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People: Shuttarna III
Topic: Famines and plagues 400 to 800

Famines and plagues 400 to 800

Years: 400 - 800

Famine in Western Europe is associated with the Fall of Rome and its sack by Alaric I.

Between CE 400 and 800, the population of the city of Rome falls by over 90%, mainly because of famine and plague.

“History isn't about dates and places and wars. It's about the people who fill the spaces between them.”

― Jodi Picoult, The Storyteller (2013)