April 2, 2020
Merle and Lee discuss the late antique Justinianic Plague (c. 541-750), also known as the first plague pandemic. They cover the current consensus about plague first, and then offer their reinterpretation, together with some ideas for further research.
Read more about this topic:
- The Fall of Rome
- Rejecting Catastrophe: The Case of the Justinianic Plague
- The Justinianic Plague: An Inconsequential Pandemic
- The Justinianic Plague: An Interdisciplinary Review
- Ancient Yersinia pestis genomes from across Western Europe reveal early diversification during the First Pandemic (541–750)