"Lizard Shampoo" And Pagan Texts Suggest "Dark Age" Medicine Wasn't So Dark After All

"Lizard Shampoo" And Pagan Texts Suggest "Dark Age" Medicine Wasn't So Dark After All

Thousands of previously overlooked manuscripts paint a new picture of a period many have dismissed as "backwards".

476 AD: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of the Dark Ages

In 476 AD, the unthinkable happened—the mighty Western Roman Empire crumbled, sending shockwaves across Europe. The deposition of the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, marked not just the fall of Rome but the end of ancient civilization as it was known. This pivotal moment ushered in a new, uncertain era—what historians would later call the Dark ...