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limping_man t1_j48js3b wrote

Reply to comment by Welshhoppo in Discovery of a temple of Poseidon located at the Kleidi site near Samikon in Greece by MeatballDom

Did people leave suddenly that so much was left in place to be covered etc?

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Welshhoppo t1_j48qbs9 wrote

Yes.

During the Gothic War under Justinian and Belisarius, Procopius suggests that the population of Rome dropped to zero and everyone was either dead or left.

Add to that the events of the Little Ice Age, the Justinianic plague, the Black Death, the many other sacks of Rome. There's plenty of times where the population would suddenly drop.

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limping_man t1_j4a9j0z wrote

Super interesting comment. I know so little about this period

Where do I go to read about this that isn't too academic & above casual layman interest level? Thank you

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