Plague of Justinian
A merciless shadow that swallowed millions alive.
Overview:
The Plague of Justinian swept through the Byzantine Empire in 541 CE like a shadow of death, striking with merciless speed. Cities rotted from within as buboes blackened the skin and fever consumed the body. Millions perished, their bodies left unburied, feeding the stench of decay that hung over cities. It was a world turned nightmarish, where even emperors trembled powerless before a plague that spared no one, leaving only fear, grief, and the haunting echo of mortality.
Infection:
Bubonic plague attacks the body when infected fleas transmit Yersinia pestis bacteria, which travel through the bloodstream to the lymph nodes, causing painful, swollen buboes, high fever, chills, and often death if untreated.