Plague of Justinian
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title:
Plague of Justinian
text:
The plague of Justinian or Justinianic plague was an epidemic that afflicted the entire Mediterranean Basin, Europe, and the Near East, severely affecting the Sasanian Empire and the Byzantine Empire, especially Constantinople. The plague is named for the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I, who according to his court historian Procopius contracted the disease and recovered in 542, at the height of the epidemic which killed about a fifth of the population in the imperial capital. The contagion arrived
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541–549 AD in the Byzantine Empire, later northern Europe
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian
date created:
2004-03-24T11:36:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T18:28:30Z
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