There have been several posts before about possible bubonic plague in Ancient Rome. (See posts below.) Rufus of Ephesus (70-110 AD) had mentioned earlier plagues that were possibly a form of bubonic plague. These earlier plagues described by Rufus were much less virulent than the later suspected Bubonic Plague of Justinian (541-549 AD) and Black Death that devastated Europe (1347-1352). These plagues of Rufus may have even been some other disease entirely.  It is thought by many that b