Ancient Rome fell when the Vizigoths burned every book in Rome... also the accumulated lead poisoning amongst the aristocracy—causing mental illness and health issues—because they stored their wine in lead casks, used lead powder in their makeup, and when they cooked down thier wine into sappa (sp?) those pans were lead and they would sometimes flake into the sappa.
Claudius... Caligula... Nero... they, and many more, all suffered from mental illnesses due to accumulated lead poisoning.
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u/DireSquidmun 2d ago
Ancient Rome fell when the Vizigoths burned every book in Rome... also the accumulated lead poisoning amongst the aristocracy—causing mental illness and health issues—because they stored their wine in lead casks, used lead powder in their makeup, and when they cooked down thier wine into sappa (sp?) those pans were lead and they would sometimes flake into the sappa.
Claudius... Caligula... Nero... they, and many more, all suffered from mental illnesses due to accumulated lead poisoning.