
Medieval masterclass 1: Imperium 410-750
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The Justinianic Plage of the Sixth Century
Plague of justinian may have some origins in sharp, short, sharp climate shocks. Some historians are extremely sceptical about whether this really was a massive pandemic and say they were probably just n the thousands or tens of thousands. Others who said, no, this killed 25 million people across so that's the range. I think you just have to go on the impression, which is that this was a shocking and very widespread, a bubonic plague pandemic, which caused serious problems for the byzantine one rights.
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