Health in the Empire
Life in the Roman Empire was paradoxically detrimental to health, with a life expectancy often around 25 years. The dense urban environments, lacking modern sanitation and medicine, created fertile ground for infectious diseases. As populations grew in proximity, the risk of pandemics increased, illustrating the fragility of human existence in that era.In this clip
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217. Plague and the decline of the Roman Empire
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