The plague that brought the Roman empire to its knees

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🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In AD 165, the Roman empire was enjoying a period of seemingly unprecedented prosperity and stability. Then, the Antonine Plague arrived, bringing with it death, chaos, and fear. Speaking with James Osborne, Colin Elliott, author of Pox Romana, dissects the impact of this devastating plague on Roman society, and questions whether it was the cause of the empire's eventual demise. (Ad) Colin Elliott is the author of Pox Romana: The Plague That Shook the Roman World (Princeton University Press, 2024). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pox-Romana-Turning-Ancient-History/dp/069121915X/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.6	In 165 AD, the Roman Empire was enjoying a period of seemingly unprecedented prosperity and stability.
1:07.6	Then the Antonine plague arrived, bringing with it chaos, death and fear. Colin Elliot is professor of history at
1:16.9	Indiana University and the author of a new book on the Antline Plague,
1:21.1	pox Romana.
1:23.8	In today's podcast, he speaks with James Osborne to dissect the impact of this devastating
1:29.3	plague on Roman society and questions whether it was even the cause of the empire's eventual demise.
1:37.0	Today I'm with Colin Elliot, Professor of History at Indian University, author and host of the Paxramana podcast.
1:44.8	Colin, thanks for being here.
1:46.8	Pleasure to be with you, James.
1:48.8	Your book, pox-ramana, is really an account of the impact of the Antonine Plague on the Roman Empire.
1:55.7	But I wanted to start by asking you to set the scene of the state of the Roman Empire
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