LEADER 02336cam a2200385 a 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20210118115246.0 007 ta 008 061018s2007 nyub b 001 0 eng 010 2006051761 020 0670038555 020 9780670038558 035 (OCoLC)ocm74354142 035 (OCoLC)74354142 040 DLC |cDLC |dDLC |dhubpceuo 041 eng 043 mm----- 050 00 DF556 |b.R67 2007 082 00 949.5/013 |222 100 1 Rosen, William, |d1955-2016. 245 10 Justinian's flea : |bplague, empire, and the birth of Europe / |cWilliam Rosen. 246 30 Plague, empire, and the birth of Europe 260 New York : |bViking, |c2007. 300 367 p. : |bmaps ; |c25 cm. 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-349) and index. 520 Weaving together evolutionary microbiology, economics, military strategy, ecology, and ancient and modern medicine, author Rosen tells of history's first pandemic--a plague seven centuries before the Black Death that killed tens of millions, devastated the empires of Persia and Rome, left victims from Ireland to Iraq, and opened the way for the armies of Islam. Emperor Justinian had reunified Rome's fractured empire by defeating the Goths and Vandals who had separated Italy, Spain, and North Africa from imperial rule. In his capital at Constantinople he built the world's most beautiful building, married its most powerful empress, and wrote its most enduring legal code, seemingly restoring Rome's fortunes. Then, in the summer of 542, he encountered a flea. The ensuing outbreak of bubonic plague killed five thousand people a day in Constantinople and nearly killed Justinian himself, bringing about one of the great hinge moments in history--From publisher description. 650 0 Plague |xHistory |yTo 1500. 651 0 Byzantine Empire |xHistory |yTo 527. 651 0 Byzantine Empire |xHistory |yJustinian I, 527-565. 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6949_500000000000000_013_ROS |70 |8GEN |9129946OSA |bOSA |d2021-01-18 |l0 |o949.5/013 ROS |r2021-01-18 |w2021-01-18 |yBK |zDonation of School of Public Policy. |cGeneral Stacks 920 01 pXA9RzXG 992 01 949_500000000000000_013_ROS |bQVQ_UZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ_ZYW_8B7 966 |cIn the Research Room