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Pandemics Of The Past: 7 Ancient Plagues That Changed The World & Where They Happened
The Antonine Plague (also called The Plague of Galen) struck the Roman Empire in 165 CE when returning soldiers unleashed what historians believe was smallpox upon the population. Named after ...
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Pandora and pandemics
The late-antique historian Ammianus Marcellinus (c. 300-395 AD) reports in a similar way about the ‘Antonine Plague’, named after the surname of the emperor Marcus Aurelius (who ruled between 161 and ...
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Lead Pollution May Have Lowered IQs in Ancient Rome, Study Finds
Pollution peaked around 180 BCE, after Roman industry recovered from the Antonine plague. According to their research, more than 500 kilotons of lead were released during the 200-year height of ...
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The Antonine Wall
The Antonine Wall was built by the Romans between the Firth of Clyde and Firth of Forth. Building started in 143AD and took around ten years to complete. But what was the wall like and why was it ...