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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Fall of the Roman Republic and rise of the Empire may have been triggered by a massive volcanic eruption in Alaska in 43 BC that set off a global climate shock leading to famine and unrest |
| 2020-06-24 |
 Or it could have something to do with the murder of the Gracchi and the rival factions of Marius and Sulla. Caesar was an adherent of Sulla -- he was reported by Suetonius, I believe, to have been Sulla's girly boy when young. The rivalries among Caesar, Anthony, and Cassius had much more to do with the earlier factions than with the eruption of a volcano in Alaska. But I could be wrong. After all, I'm not an expert. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |