Medievalists.net » King Vitigis http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Death Toll of Justinian’s Plague and Its Effects on the Byzantine Empire http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/04/the-death-toll-of-justinians-plague-and-its-effects-on-the-byzantine-empire/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/04/the-death-toll-of-justinians-plague-and-its-effects-on-the-byzantine-empire/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:19:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40285 In 541 a plague arrived in Egypt and rapidly began to spread. The following account of the beginning of the plague, while clearly an exaggeration still shows the impact of the disease.

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