cefalo ✳️Dec 20, 2022
Erin Whalen

Why did Attila and his huns transition from farmers & herders to violent raiders who attacked the Roman Empire? A new study published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology says the study of tree rings indicates it was drought.

(Raise your hand if you're surprised that climate change likely played a role. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?)

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/974385

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#ClimateChange #archaeology #history #climate

Drought encouraged Attila’s Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest

Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe drought in the Danube frontier provinces of the Roman empire, a new study argues.

EurekAlert!
Dec 20, 2022 at 6:35pmWeb
Show threadMonte Paulsen, Climate Ready Buildings GroupDec 20, 2022

@erinwhalen

So #MadMax was a documentary? 🙂​

Show threadErin WhalenDec 20, 2022
@montepaulsen - 😆 😬 Eeesh, let's hope not. Wasn't Mad Max's particular dystopia set in the aftermath of nuclear war?
Show threadMonte Paulsen, Climate Ready Buildings GroupDec 20, 2022
@erinwhalen You’re probably correct. I suppose I’ve rearranged the facts to suit a climate change narrative in my memory. Great article, regardless. For those of us privileged to live among the 1%, climate disruption may take the form of increasingly agressive refugees.
Show threadJ.K. UllrichDec 20, 2022
@erinwhalen I shudder to think how this type of scenario will play out, now that our horses and swords have given way to missiles and drones.
Show threadKoray Karatay (MD,Scifi maker)Dec 20, 2022
@erinwhalen Huns are coming from Middle Asia which 3 brute nations(Mongolians,Turks,Huns) are dwells. İt's not surprising that they changed(from Turkey) And this research is a nice sign that indicates us when food is not secured, people will go aggressive.