The Justinianic Plague: An interdisciplinary review

Merle Eisenberg; Lee Mordechai

doi:10.1017/byz.2019.10

The Justinianic Plague: An interdisciplinary review

Merle Eisenberg, Lee Mordechai

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Abstract

This article is a detailed critical review of all the major scholarly publications in the rapidly expanding field of the Justinianic Plague published from 2000 through 2018. It updates the article in this journal by Dionysios Stathakopoulos from 2000, while also providing a detailed appraisal of the state of the field across all disciplines, including: literary studies, archaeology, DNA evidence, climatology, and epidemiology. We also identify the current paradigm for the Justinianic Plague as well as survey possible avenues forward for the field in the future.¹

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	156-180
Number of pages	25
Journal	Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
Volume	43
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/byz.2019.10
State	Published - 1 Oct 2019
Externally published	Yes

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© Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, 2019.

Keywords

Ancient DNA
Climate change
End of Antiquity
Justinianic Plague
Pandemics

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