[SunkenCiv]

Detail of the mosaic of Justinianus I in the Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Credit: Petar Milošević

[Alas Babylon!]

Worse for him was the riots and looting in Constantinople by the citizens. The Nika riots were the most violent riots in the city’s history, with nearly half of Constantinople being burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed.

Kind of like BLM and George Floyd riots during the time of Covid 19...

[Clemenza]

And today, Istanbul remains a much nicer city to visit than Rome.

[Adder]

Justinian should have raised dogs, not fleas...

[aimhigh]

several studies, widely publicised in the media, argued that historians had massively exaggerated...

They do this in order to claim current crises are the worst ever.

[Antoninus]

Here's an eyewitness account of the Plague of Justinian written by the 6th century historian, Evagrius Scholasticus:

"Work of Every Description Ceased" ~ First hand accounts of the Plague of Justinian, 6th century AD