EPISODE · Aug 7, 2024 · 16 MIN
The World's First Pandemic: The Antonine Plague - The Pax Romana Podcast 050
from The Pax Romana Podcast · host Professor Colin Elliott
In the mid AD 160s, it looked like Rome was winning. The war in Parthia was going well. The two emperors, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, were well supported. But then a sudden and mysterious disease ripped across the Empire and into Italy. The outbreak was one of several jarring events that shook the Roman world.
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