The Empress Theodora with her entourage pictured in a mosaic at the Basilique San Vitale, Ravenna. Picture: Roger Culos/Wikimedia Commons
A terrible onslaught of bubonic plague in the sixth century abruptly ended Emperor Justinian’s dream of reunifying the Roman empire and caused massive geopolitical upheaval
Associate Professor Frederik Vervaet, University of Melbourne chronicles the ‘management’ of this historically significant plague by the Emperor Justinian. Like many leaders today during our current coid-19 pandemic, he also received ‘mixed reviews’.
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