The prevalence of malaria has been long suspected in Roman Italy. In fact, there is a debate whether Alaric, the Visigoth King who sacked Rome in AD 210, died of malaria in Southern Italy (see post below).   Recent studies of mummies have showed DNA evidence of several debilitating and lethal infections in ancient Egypt. The DNA of boy pharaoh Tutankhamun (King Tut) and several mummies showed evidence of malaria. Other DNA evidence suggests one in four people may have had tuberculosis in