This rating indicates that the main elements of the claim in question are demonstrably false.
Did Athens lose the Peloponnesian War because it was ravaged by a plague?
With the coronavirus making its way through the world, ancient epidemics like the Plague of Athens are seized upon to make dire forecasts about the fate of modern society.
Did the Dorian Invasion cause the destruction of the Mycenaean palaces?
Invasions, migrations, and other movements of people were long used to explain changes in the past, but this is no longer widely supported in academic circles.