The Plague of Justinian - History of Byzantium VOL 6

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SYNOPSIS:
Justinian of all the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire came the closest to achieving the Renovatio Imperii - the 'renewal' or restoration of the empire. However, as astute as the Great Emperor was at bringing his enemies to heed his rule, he was unable to defeat the greatest of enemies - which wasn't even human. Yersinia Pestis - the bacteria responsible for the Bubonic Plague would - would bring the empire and all in its path to its knees and bring about its own Renovatio Bacterii.
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40% death toll - if Covid had that kill rate, we'd be measuring our dead in the Billions

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@@FlashPointHx 3.2B people would have died.

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Exceptional explanation of the life cycle of the Y. pestis bacterium. I didn't know the half of how fleas cause the Black Death, but really understand it, now. Well done👏👏👏

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Rome wasn't fully restored not because of treachery, enemy armies or economic failures, but because of a plague. Justinian did his best, but him restoring the empire was not meant to be.

[@FlashPointHx]

It has a kind of HG Well's War of the worlds feel no?

[@Embracehistoria]

The plague claimed the life of a few Welsh kings "The great death [plague] in which Maelgwn, king of Gwynedd died. ‡Thus they say 'The long sleep of Maelgwn in the court of Rhos'. Then was the yellow plague", The Annales Cambriae (Annals of Wales) Scary stuff.

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[@a-nus]

I find these massive plauges to be fascinating You should check out Cocolitzli in central america, it's just as wild

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Hey I never heard of this - just looked it up 5-15 million dead? Thanks for pointing this out to me

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[@LauftFafa]

underrated plague like those of the 18th and 19th century . this one especially feels to me more brutal than the 14th century one maybe by the number of gruesome descriptions and the fact it was recorded to have infected regions in deep in africa like the congo and kenya . most estimates of its death toll world wide put it near the the one 14th century so in term of lethality it wasnt that inferior at all

[@FlashPointHx]

If it was true that it killed off 40% of the population then it rivaled the 14th century plague in percentage. Deaths would have been less simply as there wasn't as many people - cool name BTW

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A carpenter reached into a old wall and was bitten by a rat a couple of years ago in Bergen,Norway and developed very similar symptoms. Gives you the heeby jeebys,but they are able to fight it more effectively now.

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[@lisaa.4667]

Thanks for the great video! Prior to the 14th century plague (the "Black Death"), there was wetter, colder weather in Europe, and crops failed. At that time, the population was the highest Europe ever had, so famine hit. Due to a denser population, there were far more rats. This allowed Yersinia pestis to spread and kill much more than it normally would. Similarly, before the Justinian plague, the cooler weather and dimmer sunlight probably lowered crop yields. Nutrition is important for immunity. The lack of adequate trash and sewage disposal plus densely populated cities greatly increased the rat population. Cats and dogs killed rats, but they are also not resistant to Y. pestis, so the plague wiped them out too.

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Cats are highly susceptible to plague and are a common source, of Yersinia pestis infection in humans (owners and veterinarians). Dogs infected with plague, are less likely to develop clinical illness than cats.

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@@alexanderkordas682 So true. I recall reading about a dead mountain lion discovered in in the US West. It was found to have died from the plague after eating infected rodents, perhaps marmots. If canines were as susceptible, we'd be seeing more dead coyotes and domestic dogs which had succumbed to Yersinia pestis infection. I don't know how prevalent plague is in western US rodents, but it is a scary thought. Even if we do have the antibiotics to cure it, it must be diagnosed and treated in time.

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Really great video, I watched alot of video's and read alot on this outbreak but never has it been more clear. You nailed the biology aspect. Looking forward to the next video.

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One of the best plague videos out there.

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I'm a huge documentary fan, and I was watching ones on the black death of 1348 and then there was another plague called Justianin plague, and then yours popped up

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One side of my family actually retained a oral history from how they were chased from their place during the last plague(black death) and came to a valley in Norway completely depopulated where they settled down and worked the fields.

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It has been proposed that the lower temperature was the reason that allowed the blood of the flea to coagulate. The famous black death occurred during another cold period as well.

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True - the mini-ice age happened around that time

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Well, considering everything…he almost did it..but a perfect storm issued

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Imagine a ship bumps into your harbour. You try to call out the captain, but no one responds. You walk inside the ship, but it is deserted. Then, you see a pile of human flesh, being eaten by the plague.

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Imagine the same thing, but a ship at sea that had been adrift for a hundred years

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Be it Bubonic, Septicemic, Pneumonic, Or Justinian they are all hard bodied yeah.

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So even the fleas were ravaged. Just imagine eating and still starving to death.

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One of my Favorite Plagues my friend Wow that sounds morbid 🤔.. Have a wonderful day.. . Still waiting for the chapter's on "Hendo God Kings " Only a few up here.. Hint hint...

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When is the rest of the series going to be released

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Hoping next month

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Despite of what happened,it was amazing that the ERE lasted until the mid-15th century.

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Looking back I guess we have to be very thankful how science has since progress in the way it had I mean didn't the crisis that we faced hearing now would probably be a lot worse than it already is..

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yes - much worse

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I'm writing a report for uni, what historical sources did you use for this video ?

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After the Justinian plague we had successive volcanic winters,no wonder these poor people thought the world was ending!

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Love U!

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Round and Round, like the song by Frozen Ghost. (1987)

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Dou have a video about the Roman Black Death 💀?

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Oh yes that’s so true it wasn’t called the Black Death yet duh. Great stuff

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did the plague really not hit the great Arab towns of the Hejaz?, had to get to Yemen somehow excellent as always, looking forward to the next installment

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Seeing how Arabs conquered half the Byzantine Empire (and the whole Persian Empire to boot) a short time later, I'd say the plague gave them some advantage.

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Nice Graphical System.

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Did the fleas die from it or they were just carriers?

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They died too - but mostly from starvation

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I manged to go back as the 16th Century.

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Sometimes the Earth feels compelled to hit the reset button in order to bring things back into balance

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Nature always has a way to thin the herd

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Going to have to make a history on covid one day…

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IKR?

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1:59 Chapter 13

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symptoms suggest radiation sickness

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China has at least 11 people with the black plague right now and they seem to get it periodically

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Plague came in right before they were to attack Jerusalem 🧐

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I’m here after the plague tale requiem

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"I was able to see a photo of 'Joe Mama'"

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👍👍👍

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Hey Henk!!

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I can track it back 400 years or so. They're all dull as ditchwater and completely uninteresting, bar one beardy Quaker mayor and migratory steam engines (Paxmans - Marriages Mills Colchester 1898, currently working in Malaysia in a fabrics/clothing factory 2022) - apparently I didn't even get the braca genes from them, my dad's agrochemicals career is to blame for that. 3G3N ductile carcinoma.

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Well some people can’t even go back that far

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Tell me I'm not gonna make it and see what happens :)

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ASSUMED OR ASSHUMED

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14 day trail…….lol

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So, black death is the "zombie" apocalypse? The stories from that time are horrible, beyond comprehension.

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Remember your lineage only includes parents & grandparebts -- it does not include uncles & aunts --

[@knashshall]

If there's ever a time you feel that your religion or God justifies your actions or your hubris. Remember that he also gave these bacteria these miraculous powers of adaptation. These rats and fleas their resilience. Humans might not even be God's favorite creature, much less you being God's favorite human. It's hard to provide more compelling evidence that even if there is a God at work, that he doesn't care about the plight of the individual, king or peasant. Did the mighty bacteria worship him to receive their mandate on this earth, for they are arguably the most powerful living force. And even now that we know so much about them with all of our "gifts" we are more or less powerless against them by either use of those gifts (vaccines) nor by faith in God. Live life for the people you meet and be kind, not because you're being judged by God but because you're needed by your neighbor.

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Reminds me of the parable of Gyges Ring

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this black death bacteria

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That’s right

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Or... instead of all the outlandish alternatives, perhaps they were right and it was Gods judgement

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i wonder if there were gay bars in byzantium

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During the time of the Early Roman Empire (and further back well into early antiquity) there was not much uproar of homosexuality or bisexulaity - it was considered just and aspect of human nature. Once Christianity took hold there were more substantial derogatory connotations - but I'll be the first to say that I'm no expert in giving a better analysis to this.

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I can only imagine what the Chicken Littles of today's America would force people to do out of fear if the Plague returned today. The way you broke down the Plague in this episode is excellent.

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So gross but informative

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You totally need to check out my video on the Black Death

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I will my friend. Keep up the great work!

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france by a mile the uk has nukes but most of its military is not in great shape, a lot of equipment is ageing or already so old it is almost museum piece vintage. also the french have a lot more reserves they have a very large paramilitary capability. the french also have the third of fourth largest nuclear stockpile. now germany is a bit of anomaly becaue a lot of the complaints about the military capacity are less based in fact and more in politics. yes they have some major problems but they are nowhere near as bad as is often claimed and many other militaries including the us have some of those exact same problems.

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Why now is because god was preparing for the explosion of islamic empire into the world 😁

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It would come about 100 years later

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@@FlashPointHx i dont think the byzantine empire recuparate even after 100 years , that is not to minimize the genius of the arab generals .

[@Derpderpson123]

What a horrible way to die

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Agree