Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...

A study led by the University of Cambridge has revealed that a series of extreme droughts between the years 364 and 366 AD may have been a determining factor in the so-called Great Barbarian ...

The 'Barbarian ... invasion were able to overwhelm the weakened defences." The researchers expanded their climate-conflict analysis to the entire Roman Empire for the period 350-476 CE.

The Roman Empire is divided into two parts: the Eastern Empire, governed by his son Arcadius, and the Western Empire ... himself the first barbarian king of Italy in 476, the city’s crumbling ...