Barbarian conspiracy of 367 caused by drought

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/17/british-rebellion-against-roman-legions-caused-by-drought-research-finds

Over to you....

[Jon Freitag]

Is there NOTHING for which Climate Change is not the culprit?

[Imperial Dave]

Well, I blame the weather personally....

[Keraunos]

Is there NOTHING for which Climate Change is not the culprit?

One could make the argument that even DJ Trump is a consequence of climate change 

More seriously, climatic perturbations are not good for civilizations built on assumptions about prior patterns of climate and agricultural production.  By the late Roman period in Britain huge amounts were having to be invested in corn dryers on agricultural estates as the weather turned colder and wetter.  The best pulling together of evidence for the impact of climate on history that I know is Geoffrey Parker's "Global Crisis : War, Climate Change & Catastrophe in the 17th Century" but that is out of our period. 

However, it seems a bit daft to blame a conspiracy on climate change.  The climate might have had effects that increased peoples' propensity to conspire but the basic problem was the age old question "what have the Romans ever done for us?" 

[Imperial Dave]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/17/how-drought-left-britain-too-hot-handle-for-romans/

Another article on same said topic

[Nick Harbud]

...and, of course, none of the suggested climate disruption is attributed to anthropomorphic carbon dioxide emissions, which just goes to show - things can go to pot even when one does not drive around in a motor car!

[Imperial Dave]

methane emitting quadrupeds....

[Erpingham]

methane emitting quadrupeds....

Are you suggesting the Barbarian Conspiracy was driven by a shortage of, or a surplus of, MEQs? These things are important when jumping on a bandwagon, you know 

[Imperial Dave]

an excess of.....

[DBS]

No, no, no.  Carbon emissions from excessive Wicker Man burnings on the east bank, and decadent hypocausts on the west bank of the Rhine.

[Imperial Dave]

ahhhhh..... mea culpa