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Use this tag for questions that pertain to historical events, or claim whose evidence is historical in nature.

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Did lead poisoning contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire?

I don't think it contributed (significantly) to the fall of the Roman empire. The abstract of my source for this answer says the following: Lead was known to the ancients from at least the 4 th …
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