ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to put together and make evident certain trends that seem to emerge from the collection of the data. It discusses the division of the various phenomena according to the centuries they occurred in. The number of famines and/or epidemics recorded for them throughout the period in question is far too small to enable us to draw any conclusions. The number of phenomena per region consists of both the mention of phenomena in cities of Rome for Italy and the mention of the region itself. It is noteworthy, moreover, to note that Italy as a region would occupy a high position in the tables presented in the chapter even if the number of phenomena recorded solely for Rome was excluded. The number of phenomena recorded in the catalogue reflects the political and military hardships that Italy underwent in the course of the fifth, sixth and early seventh centuries.
