[qam1]

Justinianic Plague of the sixth to eighth centuries. This pandemic... Some historians have suggested it contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire.

Ummmm, the Roman Empire ended in 479 and was well on it's way out, long before Justinian

That's like saying the 1918 Spanish flu help win the American Revolution

[SunkenCiv]

The Roman Empire endured in the east until the Turks took Constantinople.

[hinckley buzzard]

Justinian was the emperor of the Byzantine form of the Roman Empire. He restored much of its former territory and inaugurated a period of great prosperity and influence.

[Stingray]

“Ummmm, the Roman Empire ended in 479 and was well on it’s way out, long before Justinian...”

The western empire ended in the late 5th century, but the Byzantine Empire (based in Constantinople) lasted another 1,000 years. Based on this quote, “Some historians have suggested it contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire”, it’s not clear if the article is addressing the western empire (Rome) at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire

[morphing libertarian]

I think it was 476. My in-laws ancesters went in 478 and everyone was speaking German.

[juma]

You seem to be well educated, so maybe you can clear up some miss information for me. I thought the general thought the Roman Empire continued for much longer, but through the Catholic Church. The control of other countries that is. Perhaps you could endulge. thanks.

[kabumpo]

Justinian was in Byzantium, the eastern part of the empire that lasted longer.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

That’s like saying the 1918 Spanish flu help win the American Revolution

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I blame Dr Who.