The reign of Justinian I, the emperor of the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century, was hampered by an outbreak of bubonic plague. Now known as the Plague of Justinian, this pandemic is thought to ...

For years, researchers have been tracing the origins of Y. pestis, which caused devastating pandemics like the Justinian ...

The worst plague in history was the Black Death ... as there are records of a similar disease in Rome in 146AD, known as the Justinian plague. The symptoms of the plague were awful.

From ancient plagues to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, history is marked by devastating ... major outbreaks like the Spanish Flu, the Plague of Justinian, and the ongoing AIDS epidemic, detailing ...