Bubonic plague was not as devastating as previously thought, scientists say
Textbooks have historically considered an outbreak of bubonic plague (also known as the Black Death), during the era of Roman emperor Justinian, to have wrought chaos in the region, causing millions of deaths and the fall of several empires. However, latest research has convinced scientists that the effects of the plague may have been overstated, and that it did not cause political collapse, in Rome or elsewhere.
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