Talk:Climate of ancient Rome

Evidence for a cooler Mediterranean climate...
This


 * Evidence for a cooler Mediterranean climate in 600 BC–100 BC comes from remains of ancient harbors at Naples and in the Adriatic which are located about one meter below current water level

makes no sense. Local climate doesn't affect sea level. Also http://www.researchgate.net/publication/222837315_Sea_level_in_Roman_time_in_the_Central_Mediterranean_and_implications_for_recent_change/links/0c96051dc446a4d29f000000 says ''These data provide a precise measure of local sea level of � 1.35 F 0.07 m at 2000 years ago. Part of this change is the result of ongoing glacio-hydro isostatic adjustment of the crust subsequent to the last deglaciation. When corrected for this, using geologically constrained model predictions, the change in eustatic sea level since the Roman Period is � 0.13 F 0.09 m'' William M. Connolley (talk) 07:58, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

In the first half of the 1st millennium BC
This is a fairly ambiguous phrase. Is the first half of a BC millennium chronologically first, as in the years 1000-500 BC, or is it the first in the relation to the AD/BC reference point (so 500-1 BC), in the same way we number years/centuries/millennia backwards from 1 AD? --69.172.186.241 (talk) 21:53, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
 * See 1st millennium BC. Brandmeistertalk  10:25, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

The abstract of this article seems to contain falsities
the presently arid south saw more precipitation

Since when the South is arid?

The northern regions were situated in the temperate climate zone, while the rest of Italy was in the subtropics, having a warm and mild climate.

Exactly like now? The whole of Italy is in the temperate climate zone and the Mediterranean part is in the subtropics, having a warm and mild climate.

See
 * I'm not a climatologist, but presumably the climate in ancient times was different to the extent where modern Köppen climate classification cannot be applied to Ancient Rome. Also, both statements are appropriately sourced to Russian book История Древнего Рима (History of Ancient Rome) by historians Anatoly Bokschanin and Vasily Kuzischchin. Brandmeistertalk  14:54, 8 November 2021 (UTC)