r/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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian
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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.

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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.

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todayilearned • u/Recent_Flounder6011 • 1d 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.

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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"

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CreepyWikipedia • u/[deleted] • Sep 06 '19

The Plague of Justinian - "One of the deadliest plagues in history, the devastating pandemic resulted in the deaths of an estimated 25–50 million people during two centuries of recurrence, a death toll equivalent to 13–26% of the world's population at the time of the first outbreak."

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Anarcho_Capitalism • u/steppeulv • May 12 '16

Plague of Justinian - A "funny" read about the governments involvement in one huge catastrophe from 6th century. - And what it did to "help"......

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quatria • u/canadian-weed • Jul 04 '20

Plague of Justinian - Wikipedia

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