The study The plague of Justinià, according to the Procopi testimoni, (The plague of Justinian according to Procope’s testimony) by Jordina Sales Carbonell, researcher at the University of Barcelona, ​​has brought this story from 1,500 years ago back to today with a moral. In 541, during the reign of Byzantine Justinian, an outbreak of bubonic plague broke out in the empire. But a kind of spontaneous and intuitively voluntary self-confirmation was also imposed on the rest, largely motivated by their own circumstances. ” The emperor himself became infected, although he overcame the disease, and continued to rule for more than a decade. When the pandemic was finally overcome, a positive aspect emerged, recalls the historian: “those who had been supporters of the various political factions abandoned mutual reproaches.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 11, 2020 06:00 UTC