I hadn't appreciated the Romans had two big epidemics, the plague of Antonine, and then that of Justinian, this being thought to be Bubonic plague https://en.w

I hadn't appreciated the Romans had two big epidemics, the plague of Antonine, and then that of Justinian, this being thought to be Bubonic plague https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian