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Description: Ancient Rome’s emperors did some pretty bizarre stuff—bursting into uncontrollable fits of laughter, appointing a horse as a priest, dressing in animal skins and attacking people… the list goes on. Why did they act this way? Possibly… lead poisoning. In this week’s episode, we unwrap the possibility that lead caused the Roman Empire’s collapse. You might also like: The Top 5 Strangest Poisons That Can Kill You youtube.com/watch?v=4hQ0G0GaYR8 How Do Blacksmiths Make Swords?: youtu.be/Y_43_u9u_Ag The US Military Gave Out Shark Repellent For Years. . . So Why Did They Stop? youtube.com/watch?v=4u54c7cRAog Are We Breathing Caesar's Last Breath: youtu.be/a4v5U4J373k Credits: Executive Producers: George Zaidan Hilary Hudson Producers: Andrew Sobey Elaine Seward Writer/Host: Sam Jones, PhD Scientific consultants: Leila Duman, PhD Christopher Holstege, MD Brianne Raccor, PhD Sean Scott, PhD SOURCES Why ancient Rome kept choosing bizarre and perverted emperors vox.com/2015/5/7/8564895/crazy-roman-emperors Neuronal Calcium Signaling cell.com/neuron/comments/S0896-6273(00)80510-3 The cationic (calcium and lead) and enzyme conundrum pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30917763 Pb Neurotoxicity: Neuropsychological Effects of Lead Toxicity ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3909981 Lead and Lead Poisoning from Antiquity to Modern Times kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/23252/V088N3-078.pdf?sequence=1 The Exposure of Some Romano-British Populations to Lead jstor.org/stable/26294986?seq=1 Lead in ancient human bones and its relevance to historical developments of social problems with lead sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0048969787903664 Enhanced methods for assessment of the trace element composition of Iron Age bone sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969708002350 The first artificial sweetener poisoned lots of Romans gizmodo.com/the-first-artificial-sweetener-poisoned-lots-of-romans-5877587 Lead Chemistry rsc.org/periodic-table/element/82/lead Why lead is dangerous, and the damage it does theconversation.com/why-lead-is-dangerous-and-the-damage-it-does-116506 Lead poisoning and health who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lead-poisoning-and-health Tracking Roman lead sources using lead isotope analysis. A case study from the imperial rural estate at Vagnari (Puglia, Italy) sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X2100033X?via%3Dihub Lead between the lines nature.com/articles/nchem.1761 Lead in ancient Rome’s city waters pnas.org/content/111/18/6594 Lead poisoning and the fall of Rome washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/02/17/lead-poisoning-and-the-fall-of-rome Deadly lead: how lead poisoning affected the Roman Empire sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/lead-poisoning-roman-empire-research-italy-archaeology-1.740191 Londinium Romans’ blood lead levels so high they may have lowered birth rates chemistryworld.com/news/londinium-romans-blood-lead-levels-so-high-they-may-have-lowered-birth-rates/4010808.article Lead: Versatile Metal, Long Legacy sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/more-metals/lead-versatile-metal-long-legacy Ancient Roman Metal Used for Physics Experiments Ignites Science Feud scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-roman-lead-physics-archaeology-controversy ScienceShot: Did Lead Poisoning Bring Down Ancient Rome? sciencemag.org/news/2014/04/scienceshot-did-lead-poisoning-bring-down-ancient-rome#:~:text=Some%20historians%20argue%20that%20lead,and%20hastened%20the%20empire's%20fall.&text=While%20the%20lead%20contamination%20was,major%20culprit%20in%20Rome's%20demise. Elevated lead exposure in Roman occupants of Londinium: New evidence from the archaeological record onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/arcm.12513 Saturnine Gout among Roman Aristocrats — Did Lead Poisoning Contribute to the Fall of the Empire? nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJM198303173081123 The deadly biology of lead exposure sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2016/deadly-biology-lead-exposure Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Charged In Flint Water Crisis npr.org/2021/01/13/956592508/new-charges-in-flint-water-crisis-including-former-michigan-gov-rick-snyder