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That article ends with a note about the source of lead being indeterminate, with a chance the lead leached into human remains after burial. The issue also isn'
by ineedasername 4y ago
That article ends with a note about the source of lead being indeterminate, with a chance the lead leached into human remains after burial.
The issue also isn't just "did they have high lead levels?". The Roman empire around, with its lead pipes, for a long time. Why after hundreds of years would the lead of resulted in the downfall of Rome when Rome had flourished under the same lead-filled conditions previously?
- R0b0t1 4y agoWhile harder to define, it seems like as time goes on the Roman state apparatus becomes overtaken with people who are more likely to look out for their immediate benefit as opposed to act altruistically for Rome or their immediate community members. My interpretation of this was the selfless people all died in battle, alternatively it could be the slow buildup of not only the individual but the societal effects of lead poisoning.