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I was listening to a series of videos (9 altogether) about Justinian and his rule of Byzantium, 1 April 527 – 14 November 565
It looks like someone rolled the whole series into one 7 hr-21 min video
There are references to plague in the region, which affected the armies, and particularly the major trading centers of all the major empires.
Justinian's rule overlaps with the significant climate event of 536 (ostensibly a huge volcanic eruption that greatly affected agriculture in the N Hemisphere.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/536-ad-the-worst-year-in-history.1007021/
Parts of Justinian's period can be divided into:
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_I (lengthy article)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire
During the war with the Sassanid Empire, in 530, there was a battle of Dara in what is now the Mardin Province in S Turkey on the border with Syria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dara
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardin_Province
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dara_(Mesopotamia) - back in the day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian
The three great occurrences of bubonic plague, which may have played a role in the depopulation of some areas in the Neolithic period (~3000 BCE). "Research in 2018 found evidence of Yersinia pestis in an ancient Swedish tomb, which may have been associated with the "Neolithic decline" around 3000 BCE, in which European populations fell significantly."
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#Previous_plague_epidemics
https://jmvh.org/article/the-history-of-plague-part-1-the-three-great-pandemics/
I remember getting bits and pieces when studying ancient and world history, but not a lot of the details (it was mostly names and dates, and snippets of events), which ostensibly would be covered in a university course in Ancient History - and probably one devoted to the Byzantine empire.
It looks like someone rolled the whole series into one 7 hr-21 min video
There are references to plague in the region, which affected the armies, and particularly the major trading centers of all the major empires.
Justinian's rule overlaps with the significant climate event of 536 (ostensibly a huge volcanic eruption that greatly affected agriculture in the N Hemisphere.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/536-ad-the-worst-year-in-history.1007021/
Parts of Justinian's period can be divided into:
- War with the Sassanid Empire, 527–532
- Conquest of North Africa, 533–534
- War in Italy, first phase, 535–540
- War with the Sassanid Empire, 540–562
- War in Italy, second phase, 541–554
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_I (lengthy article)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire
During the war with the Sassanid Empire, in 530, there was a battle of Dara in what is now the Mardin Province in S Turkey on the border with Syria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dara
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardin_Province
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dara_(Mesopotamia) - back in the day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian
The three great occurrences of bubonic plague, which may have played a role in the depopulation of some areas in the Neolithic period (~3000 BCE). "Research in 2018 found evidence of Yersinia pestis in an ancient Swedish tomb, which may have been associated with the "Neolithic decline" around 3000 BCE, in which European populations fell significantly."
Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#Previous_plague_epidemics
https://jmvh.org/article/the-history-of-plague-part-1-the-three-great-pandemics/
I remember getting bits and pieces when studying ancient and world history, but not a lot of the details (it was mostly names and dates, and snippets of events), which ostensibly would be covered in a university course in Ancient History - and probably one devoted to the Byzantine empire.