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Plague wiped out Roman Empire

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Scientists have confirmed that the Justinianic Plague of the sixth to eighth centuries was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. This pandemic, named after the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, killed more than 100 million people. Some historians have even suggested it contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. From the several pandemics generally called [...]

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