03-29-2004, 11:10 AM
Read in Richardot's book "La fin de l'Armée Romaine":<br>
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"The politico-military crisis of the Empire is also economic and moral. The colder climate triggers a change back from cultivation to pastoralism and forests. In the north-east of Gaul, rural dwellings are considerably reduced, starting from the second half of the IIIrd C.AD: 80 percent of hamlets disappear. The Empire abandons Batavia whose land became uncultivable due to a marine transgression..."<br>
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The translation is mine so the term "marine transgression" may not be right since it's directly translated from french.<br>
It means the sea invaded the lowlands and flooded the whole Rhine delta. I think there was also an epidemic at that time (Plague, Typhus, Cholera?).<br>
Could it be that all these events were a bit overlooked in the analysis of the brutal events archaeologically attested on the Rhine frontier at that time?<br>
Also, on a meteorological point of view: a marine transgression --if that's the right term-- means the sea level rose and it is not usually associated with periods of colder weather when the sea level actually goes down due to the fact that more water is frozen on the ice caps.<br>
Another enigma? <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=antoninuslucretius@romanarmytalk>Antoninus Lucretius</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://lucretius.homestead.com/files/Cesar_triste.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 3/29/04 1:18 pm<br></i>
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"The politico-military crisis of the Empire is also economic and moral. The colder climate triggers a change back from cultivation to pastoralism and forests. In the north-east of Gaul, rural dwellings are considerably reduced, starting from the second half of the IIIrd C.AD: 80 percent of hamlets disappear. The Empire abandons Batavia whose land became uncultivable due to a marine transgression..."<br>
<br>
The translation is mine so the term "marine transgression" may not be right since it's directly translated from french.<br>
It means the sea invaded the lowlands and flooded the whole Rhine delta. I think there was also an epidemic at that time (Plague, Typhus, Cholera?).<br>
Could it be that all these events were a bit overlooked in the analysis of the brutal events archaeologically attested on the Rhine frontier at that time?<br>
Also, on a meteorological point of view: a marine transgression --if that's the right term-- means the sea level rose and it is not usually associated with periods of colder weather when the sea level actually goes down due to the fact that more water is frozen on the ice caps.<br>
Another enigma? <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=antoninuslucretius@romanarmytalk>Antoninus Lucretius</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://lucretius.homestead.com/files/Cesar_triste.jpg" BORDER=0> at: 3/29/04 1:18 pm<br></i>
