Plague of Justinian 541CE

Do you agree or disagree?

1) A maximum figure of 25 million dead for the Plague of Justinian is
considered a fairly reasonable estimate. A total European population
loss of 50 to 60 percent between 541 and 700 is credible.

2) Justinian's plague weakened the Byzantine Empire at the critical
point when it could have credibly rebuilt the Western Roman Empire!

3) The Eastern Roman Empire and Persia were so weakened that it allowed
the rise of the Arabs who were coming out of a region not badly effected
by the plague. Similarly the rise of the Franks.

For some details please read here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian




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