Rome by Lacey James;

Author:Lacey, James;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2022-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

When added to all of the other shocks being inflicted upon the Empire during this period, clearly this new plague could easily have provided the tipping point that would bring down the Empire. The saving grace appears to be that the barbarians invading the Empire were sickened by the plagues as badly as and possibly worse than the Romans. As related in the Historia Augusta:

The favor of heaven furthered Claudius’ success. For a great multitude, the survivors of the barbarian tribes, who had gathered in Haemimontum [Thrace], were so stricken with famine and pestilence that Claudius now scorned to conquer them further. . . . And so at length that most cruel of wars was brought to an end, and the Roman nation was freed from its terrors.20

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