Also the plague of Justinian and cooling climate probably had more to do with people getting taller. Just like the Black Death of the 14th century, those who su

Also the plague of Justinian and cooling climate probably had more to do with people getting taller. Just like the Black Death of the 14th century, those who survived had access to larger plots of land which allowed for more food and more varieties of food than pre plague. I’m going to surmise that the Roman Empire may have been close to the population maximum and the poor had to survive on mostly a bread based diet, hence the shorter population.