Two articles report the first direct genomic evidence that Yersinia pestis caused the Plague of Justinian and together revised views on how pandemics arise, recur, and spread, reported El Comercio.

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What many previous emperors before had failed to do, “we have decided now to grant to the world, with the help of Almighty God,” announced the ambitious Justinian I with his wife, Theodora. Not ...

Justinian's accomplishments in military affairs, the law, and the arts were among the greatest of the Byzantine empire. He reclaimed most of the territory of the Roman empire, codified the old Roman ...

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