12-20-2012, 09:04 PM
Quote:Ah yes, didn't Justinian have the plague? It looks like he has scars from where the Buobos were.
Yes, he was infected with the plague,and as one of the extremely few survived it but infection left its effects on the his mind and more visible on his body.It was for the first time back then,that so called bubonic plague appeared and it was One of the most horrific pandemic ever,greatly(and more then anything else) undermining Justinian's efforts for Roman reconquest.