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Justinianic Plague was nothing like flu and may have struck England before it reached Constantinople, new study suggests

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 05:51 AM PST

'Plague sceptics' are wrong to underestimate the devastating impact that bubonic plague had in the 6th to 8th centuries CE, argues a new study based on ancient texts and recent genetic discoveries. The same study suggests that bubonic plague may have reached England before its first recorded case in the Mediterranean via a currently unknown route, possibly involving the Baltic and Scandinavia.