It was an epidemic that affected the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantine Empire and other parts of Europe Asia and Africa from the years to which occurred in various cycles over these two hundred years. It is estimated that between the years and the world population lost about million inhabitants that is about of the estimated population in the th century. Introduction Causes of the pandemic Historical account of the pandemic What happened to the climate at that historical moment? The spread of the pandemic The different outbreaks of the pandemic Economic and demographic consequences Several outbreaks occurred in various phases. The first of them coincides with the government of Justinian and is usually placed between the years and AD. C.
The second took place between the years and AD. C. with the emperor still on the throne. The third occurred between and AD. C. during the reign of Emperor Maurice. The successive outbreaks of epidemic created a climate of social instability CXB Directory that culminated in a series of revolutions It has come to be considered one of the greatest plagues in history. It is assumed that the cause of the plague was the bubonic plague and the most recent research confirms that it is the same bubonic plague related to the infections of the Middle Ages. F The pandemic was recurrent around the ports of the Mediterranean Sea causing a great impact on the history of Europe. Modern historians gave it its name in reference to the Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
The sociocultural impact of the plague in the period of Justinian has been compared to that of the Black Death . Introduction The Byzantine Empire was at war with the Vandals in the region of Carthage present-day Tunisia with the Ostrogoths in the south of the Italian peninsula and with the Sassanid Empire present-day Iran. In addition great economic efforts had been made to make Constantinople a world reference with the construction of Hagia Sophia and twenty-nine churches as well as the general beautification of the city. These great economic efforts were made through the collection of taxes which provoked a popular rebellion known as Nika against Justinian I and his wife to the Empress Theodora which resulted in the death of inhabitants of Constantinople.
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