Rome population after Gothic War 35,000

Rome shrank from an imperial metropolis into a city of scattered ruins

At its imperial peak, Rome may have housed around a million people. Wars, economic disruption and the breakdown of infrastructure caused its population to collapse over the following centuries. By the early Middle Ages, only a small fraction of that population remained, living among vast abandoned monuments and neighborhoods.

Samplers turned recorded sounds into material for new music

Electronic samplers let musicians record a piece of an existing sound and then play and reshape it as part of new music. After appearing around 1980, they became especially important to the development of hip hop.

Insurance can weaken incentives to avoid hazards

When policyholders transfer financial risk to an insurer, they may become less worried about the risk themselves. That can weaken their incentive to prevent hazards or adapt to them—a problem known as moral hazard.

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Rome population after Gothic War 35,000

Rome shrank from an imperial metropolis into a city of scattered ruins

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