A plague swept through the Byzantine Empire
Sadly, a dusty veil covering the sun wasn’t the only bad thing in the air for all the poor people trying to live their lives in 536. A pandemic was waiting in the wings to strike. Can you guess what we’re talking about?
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The Justinian plague cursed societies. It’s said that the pandemic reached such a point that Constantinople started to stink from the unburied corpses infesting the streets. Just thinking about it is enough to send shivers down our spine.