06-20-2014, 01:17 PM
In Thebes, archaeologists may have discovered remains of plague victims who died during the 'Cyprian plague' which may have hit the Roman empire c. 250-270 AD.
This pandemic was perhaps more an outbreak of smallbox rather than plague, but it weakened the empire both economically and military.
Livescience
Daily Mail
Wikipedia entry
Cyprian, treatise VII, de Mortalitate, see esp. v. 14.
This pandemic was perhaps more an outbreak of smallbox rather than plague, but it weakened the empire both economically and military.
Livescience
Daily Mail
Wikipedia entry
Cyprian, treatise VII, de Mortalitate, see esp. v. 14.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
