A landmark new study published in Nature sheds unprecedented light on the people who lived along the old Roman frontier in southern Germany between 400 and 700 CE — and overturns some long-held assumptions about migration, marriage, and mortality in the post-Roman world.
The Study at a Glance...
the proportions of the models changed because the Anatolian source for used for Balkaners was changed from Turkey_Southeast_Byzantine.DG to Italy_Imperial_oEast.SG, representing the admixture profile of Roman era west Anatolians which migrated to the Balkans. It was mainly a mixture of...
I was wondering where the main sanctuaries of Roman god were located around the Roman Empire. In ancient Greece some cities had a dedicated cult to a specific god or goddess, such as Athena in Athens, Apollo in Delphi, Zeus in Olympia, Artemis in Ephesus, Aphrodite at Corinth, Dionysos in Naxos...
There is an interesting study comparing the regional income per capita and income inequality across the Roman Empire and the Han Empire. GDP per capita was considerably higher in the Roman Empire.
Nature: A comparison of income inequality in the Roman and Chinese Han empires
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