The Justinian plague struck in the sixth century and is estimated to have killed between 30 and 50 million people—about half the world's population at that time—as it spread across Asia ...

Over the course of two centuries, the Justinian plague wiped out up to an estimated 50 million people and may even contributed to the decline of the mighty Eastern Roman Empire. Now microbial ...

Justinian's accomplishments in military affairs, the law, and the arts were among the greatest of the Byzantine empire. He reclaimed most of the territory of the Roman empire, codified the old Roman ...