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Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire

Door William Rosen

Categorie
Klassieke Oudheid
Boeknummer
#391283-XP6
Titel
Justinian's Flea: The First Great Plague and the End of the Roman Empire
Auteur
Rosen, William
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Penguin
Jaar van uitgave
2008
ISBN10
014311381X
ISBN13
9780143113812
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, small maps, 8vo.
Samenvatting
From the acclaimed author of Miracle Cure and The Third Horseman, the epic story of the collision between one of nature's smallest organisms and history's mightiest empire During the golden age of the Roman Empire, Emperor Justinian reigned over a territory that stretched from Italy to North Africa. It was the zenith of his achievements and the last of them. In 542 AD, the bubonic plague struck. In weeks, the glorious classical world of Justinian had been plunged into the medieval and modern Europe was born. At its height, five thousand people died every day in Constantinople. Cities were completely depopulated. It was the first pandemic the world had ever known and it left its indelible mark: when the plague finally ended, more than 25 million people were dead. Weaving together history, m... (Lees verder)icrobiology, ecology, jurisprudence, theology, and epidemiology, Justinian's Flea is a unique and sweeping account of the little known event that changed the course of a continent.
Pagina's
367
Conditie
Goed — Bookplate on verso front cover.
Prijs
€ 8,00

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