The Plague of Cyprian (249-262)

249 CE · Roma İmparatorluğu · social

The second great epidemic, deadlier than the Antonine plague; 5,000 died each day in Rome.

Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, described it; Christians were at once blamed and exalted on account of their care for the sick. | The demographic engine of the third-century crisis; some researchers connect it with the "Late Antique Little Ice Age."

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What was The Plague of Cyprian (249-262)?
The second great epidemic, deadlier than the Antonine plague; 5,000 died each day in Rome.
When did The Plague of Cyprian (249-262) happen?
249 CE
Where did The Plague of Cyprian (249-262) take place?
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