Who says global warming?
AD 536 saw the most protracted episode of climatic cooling.
We talk a lot about global warming. But sometimes the opposite happens.
Was it caused by one or more massive volcanic eruptions? The so-called volcanic winter of AD 536 was certainly an uncanny phenomenon. The sun went dark for eighteen months throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
Let’s hear how the magistrate of the Isle of Elba refers to it as he addresses a restless crowd at the forum in Fabricia.
Extract from from chapter 3 of “Aquila – Can Silvanus Escape That God?”
Short of breath and leaning on his cane, Duumvir Maxillus addresses the assembled crowd: “Honourable nobles, respected councillors, worthy citizens, faithful servants, young and old, I welcome you to this gathering on this rather salutary occasion.
“We have much to be thankful for. But I believe it behoves us to look back over the tumultuous years our Republic has been through recently. The older ones among you – like me – will remember, for instance, that divine portent of the sun going dark for more than a year…”
“How well I remember that,” my companion exclaims. “Unbelievable. Had no idea what was happening. Could hardly see a thing even at midday. Snow in summer and all the crops failed! A portent indeed!”
“…to warn us of bitter times ahead,” Maxillus continues. “Wars and rumours of wars, times of pestilence, affliction and deprivation…”
“Couldn’t buy grain for love nor money. Let alone wool or new pots. Tools and weapons nowhere to be had.”
“When was that?” I ask my neighbour. My hand wanders to my eagle pendant.
“When our Urbanus was a lad. Must have been… twenty-five years ago or so. Long before you were born! It was about that time that Totila arrested Cerbonius for hiding imperial soldiers…”
“Who?” I glance up at my companion.
She looks at me with disbelief in her eyes. “How is it you don’t know our good Bishop? He lives over your end of the island, in a cave on Monte Capanne. Didn’t you say you were from there?”
This is a short quote from chapter 3 of “Aquila – Can Silvanus Escape That God?” Want to learn how Silvanus got to know Bishop Cerbonius? The book is available from Amazon or elsewhere.
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