[CharlesOConnell]

So, what did the astronomical event do to Europe or Asia, 1,500 years ago?

[Red Badger]

The Roman Empire fell and they were plunged into the Dark Ages.......................

[JimRed]

How did that timing coincide with the little ice age?

[gleeaikin]

At first I was going to say if it exploded over the US it would not affect Europe and Asia. Then I remembered Cassiodorus 536 ad.

reativehistorystories.blogspot.com/2022/01/darkness-that-was-felt-nuclear-winter.html

This article explains how Cassiodorus and other Mediterranean writers and hostorians wrote of the terrible loss of sun, and famine that occorred at 536 and 537. Initially it was thought to be a volcano in Iceland or perhaps the far east. Then in 2004 scientists reported that tree rings in Ireland indicated a possible air burst as the cause. So perhaps the scientists in this articles have found the cause of a major disaster in human history worldwide. More interesting argicles that I have not yet read at: https://www.google.com/search?q=cassiodorus%2C+approximately+536+report+on+strange+weather&rlz=1CAJCUZ_enUS847&sxsrf=APq-WBsf_jzk9XdecCfTO_P5H2v0jfvDWA%3A1643907407640&ei=Twn8YZTFJtjNytMPzLIK&ved=0ahUKEwjUqM2ogOT1AhXYpnIEHUyZAgAQ4dUDCA4&oq=cassiodorus%2C+approximately+536+report+on+strange+weather&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAw6BwgAEEcQsANKBAhBGABKBAhGGABQwQZY5hBggjpoAXACeACAAeEJiAHyEpIBAzctMpgBAKABAcgBCMABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz

[heartwood]

Wouldn’t other cultures have recorded a really big comet that disappeared suddenly?

Could this have been a smacking big meteor instead, like Tunguska?

Some people would have seen a brief blaze of light, but not a nightly comet.

Comet vs. meteor composition? Less ice and volatiles for the meteor?

[Little Ray]

~500 AD. The Romans would have seen it and recorded right?