I read books and listened to podcasts about the fall of the Roman Republic and never seen one word describe weather as a factor. The date of 43 BC is important because Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. Caesar has already delivered the mortal blow to the Republic.
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So true. Don’t know if you may be referring to the Mike Duncan “History of Rome” podcast; a most excellent series.
The Roman Republic was on a trajectory to fail for decades before 43 BC with the rise of the Gracchus Brothers and later Gaius Marius. Civil wars had already broken out by the time of Mariaus as his legions faced off again st Lucius Sulla. By the time Julius Caesar rose to power, the Republic was little more than a fiction and its burial was complete following the 40 year reign of Ocatvius/Agustus.
Volcanos in Alaska had zero to do with it.
I listened to Duncan’s series and more recently his Revolutions series. Dan Carlin has an excellent series on the fall of the Republic.
“Don’t know if you may be referring to the Mike Duncan “History of Rome” podcast; a most excellent series.”
How does one find a podcast?