The Plague of Justinian: The First Great Plague Pandemic

541 CE · Doğu Akdeniz · social

Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and arriving from rats in Egypt; 10,000 died each day in Constantinople, and 25-50% of the empire's population perished.

Procopius and Evagrius Scholasticus documented it. | History's first plague pandemic and a harbinger of the Black Death of the Middle Ages; devastating in both human and economic terms.

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What was The Plague of Justinian: The First Great Plague Pandemic?
Caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and arriving from rats in Egypt; 10,000 died each day in Constantinople, and 25-50% of the empire's population perished.
When did The Plague of Justinian: The First Great Plague Pandemic happen?
541 CE
Where did The Plague of Justinian: The First Great Plague Pandemic take place?
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