Justinianic Plague

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The Justinianic Plague was a devastating 6th-century pandemic of bubonic plague that ravaged the Byzantine Empire and Mediterranean world, often considered a precursor to the later Black Death.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bubonic plague outbreak ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
pandemic ⓘ
affectedEntity Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Mediterranean world ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
urban centers ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Emperor Justinian I ⓘ
linked to: Justinian I
documentedBy Evagrius Scholasticus ⓘ
John of Ephesus ⓘ
Procopius ⓘ
endTime c. mid-8th century ⓘ
estimatedDeaths tens of millions (uncertain) ⓘ
estimatedMortalityRate very high ⓘ
firstMajorOutbreakLocation Egypt ⓘ
Pelusium ⓘ
followedBy Black Death ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Plague of Justinian ⓘ
linked to: Justinianic Plague
hasCauseAgent Yersinia pestis ⓘ
hasDiseaseType bubonic plague ⓘ
linked to: Yersinia pestis

pneumonic plague ⓘ
septicemic plague ⓘ
hasEpicenter Byzantine Empire ⓘ
hasGeneticEvidence confirmed Yersinia pestis DNA in early medieval remains ⓘ
historicalDebate scale and demographic impact are debated by scholars ⓘ
impactOn Byzantine demography ⓘ
Byzantine economy ⓘ
Byzantine military strength ⓘ
tax revenues of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
urbanization in the Mediterranean ⓘ
isConsidered precursor to the Black Death ⓘ
namedAfter Justinian I ⓘ
occurredDuring reign of Justinian I ⓘ
precededBy Antonine Plague ⓘ
spreadTo Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Istanbul

Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Gaul ⓘ
Germanic kingdoms ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Persian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Sasanian Empire

Western Mediterranean ⓘ
startTime c. 541 ⓘ
timePeriod 6th century ⓘ
First Plague Pandemic ⓘ
linked to: Justinianic Plague
transmissionMode flea bites ⓘ
respiratory droplets (pneumonic form) ⓘ
transmissionVector black rats ⓘ
fleas ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Black Death → relatedTo → Justinianic Plague ⓘ
Late Antiquity → hasMajorEvent → Justinianic Plague ⓘ
Justinian I → knownFor → Justinianic Plague era ⓘ
linked to: Justinianic Plague
Yersinia pestis → associatedPandemic → Justinianic Plague ⓘ
Justinianic Plague → timePeriod → First Plague Pandemic ⓘ
linked to: Justinianic Plague
Justinianic Plague → hasAlternativeName → Plague of Justinian ⓘ
linked to: Justinianic Plague
Justinian dynasty → notableEvent → Justinianic Plague ⓘ
Belisarius → associatedWith → Justinianic Plague era ⓘ
linked to: Justinianic Plague
John of Ephesus → wroteAbout → Justinianic Plague ⓘ
House of Justinian → associatedEvent → Justinianic Plague ⓘ
Early Byzantine period → hasEvent → Justinianic Plague ⓘ
Plague of Amwas → partOf → Plague of Justinian cycle ⓘ
linked to: Justinianic Plague