r/todayilearned • u/Recent_Flounder6011 • 20h ago
TIL that before the Black Death in Europe, there was the Plague of Justinian. The plague weakened the Byzantine Empire's economy and caused the empire's decline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_JustinianDuplicates
todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 31 '19
TIL 800 years before the Black Death, the same bacteria cause plague in the Byzantine Empire. At it's peak, the plague killed 5,000 per day in Constantinople.
todayilearned • u/laylamayhem • Sep 20 '23
TIL during The Plague of Justinian, the Emperor Justinian made tax payers liable for what their deceased neighbours owed in taxes.
todayilearned • u/fizzbitch7534 • Jul 20 '17
TIL that at its peak the Justinian Plague was reported to be killing 10,000 people in Constantinople daily.
wikipedia • u/yuhong • Apr 21 '21
"As a result of the plague in the countryside, farmers could not take care of crops and the price of grain rose in Constantinople"
CreepyWikipedia • u/[deleted] • Sep 06 '19