Pandemics in Perspective
The article offers information on several historical pandemics worldwide. Topics include examines the "Plague of Athens," that is an outbreak that occurred during a series of wars with Sparta at the end of the fifth century B.C.E; and focuses on "Plague of Cyprian" that was recor...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2020, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Pages: 18-19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Classical antiquity
/ Athens
/ Cyprianus, Unizibira, Bischof, Heiliger -482
/ Pandemic (Motif)
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBJ Italy |
| Further subjects: | B
Pandemics
B ACROPOLIS (Athens, Greece) B PLAGUE of Athens (Greece), 430-426 B.C B Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage B Military History |
| Summary: | The article offers information on several historical pandemics worldwide. Topics include examines the "Plague of Athens," that is an outbreak that occurred during a series of wars with Sparta at the end of the fifth century B.C.E; and focuses on "Plague of Cyprian" that was recorded by the eponymous Bishop of Carthage, who describes transcontinental pandemic of such magnitude that an Athenian historian claims. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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