Plague of Cyprian

Period

AD 249–262

Map

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The Plague of Cyprian was a pandemic which afflicted the Roman Empire from about AD 249 to 262, or 251/2 to 270. The plague is thought to have caused widespread manpower shortages for food production and the Roman army, severely weakening the empire during the Crisis of the Third Century. Its modern name refers to Cyprian, a bishop of Carthage and early Christian writer who documented the plague in his treatise On the Plague. Its pathogen has not been identified; possibilities include smallpox, measles, and viral hemorrhagic fever. Cyprian noted that the plague attacked the "just and unjust" alike, and the response to it has strong ties to Christian beliefs and religion.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. c. 2560 BCConstruction of the Great Pyramid of Giza
2. c. 285 BCLibrary of Alexandria
3. c. AD 150Ptolemy's Almagest
4. AD 249–262Plague of CyprianThis page
5. AD 639–642Arab conquest of Egypt
6. AD 970Al-Azhar University
7. 1011–1021Ibn al-Haytham's Book of Optics

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