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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Ben Mitchell

New evidence suggests surprise reason behind fall of Roman Empire

‘A Roman Triumph’, 1890. From “Cassell’s Illustrated Universal History Vol. II - Rome”, by Edmund Ollier - (Getty)

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire.

"Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to have been carried by icebergs travelling from Greenland sometime between 540 and 800 AD.

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