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… The “Justinianic Plague” is the popular name for a pandemic of bubonic plague in the Late Roman or Byzantine Empire, which first … years, ending ca. 750 CE. We call it the “Justinianic” plague because the first outbreak corresponds with the reign …

… The Black Death was the second pandemic of bubonic plague and the most devastating pandemic in world history. It was a descendant of the ancient plague that had afflicted Rome, from 541 to 549 CE, during the time of emperor Justinian. The bubonic plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis , persisted …

… and academic biography. Lyndal Roper’s Living I Was Your Plague: Martin Luther’s World and Legacy grapples with … reading into their meanings. Chapter 5 “Living I Was Your Plague” deals with Luther’s dying words and his ferocious … “product of their times.” … Review of Living I Was Your Plague: Martin Luther’s World and Legacy , by Lyndal Roper …

… disease, including of malaria, cholera , influenza , and plague . Interior of a temporary hospital for plague victims in Bombay, 1896-1897. For instance, the bubonic plague, which arrived in India in 1896 on the heels of a …

… that it was described as the “nineteenth century plague .” Like plague, cholera followed trade routes out of its reservoir …

… in 1347 when, Mongols hurled corpses infected with the plague over city walls—one of the first recorded cases of … Sea to the Mediterranean. Military debacles and disease plagued both Russia and the invading allies. Often evoked in …

… example is the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland, which have plagued that province for the last half-century. Protestants …

… health officers to previous pandemics such as the Black Plague, the 1849 Cincinnati Cholera outbreak, and the 1918 …

… as the leader of Turkey is remarkable in a country long plagued by political instability and successive military …