CLIMATIC CHANGE AND AGRICULTURAL EXHAUSTION AS ELEMENTS IN THE FALL OF ROME.

The article examines the role of climatic change and agricultural decline in the fall of Rome. According to Professors Liebig and Simkhovitch, in the days of the Roman Republic a vast portion of land was enough to support families in the region. Agrarian problems took place by the second century before Christ when, under the leadership of Scipio, grain began to be distributed from state granaries to poor citizens. As a result, many families became poverty stricken and tenants fell into heavy debt. On the other hand, climatic facts of historic times revealed how climatic change contributed to the fall of Rome.