Pertinax Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Currently I'm reading John Kelly's 'The great Mortality' and in the book he makes a passing reference to the Antonine plauge of the 160's stating that it killed off between one quarter and one third of Roman Europe's population. These stats are comparable to the Black Death 1200 years later. Funny it's not as well known. Very interesting, I've never even heard it mention before. How much people are counted to have lived in the Roman empire at this time? One quarter to one third doesn't' tell me too much in all honesty (Except that we are talking in millions). Alas we have little information on this "episode" unlike the Justinian event (or series of events), which are much more closely chronicled and described. I have a review pending on the matter (as soon as my PC woes are resolved). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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