Plague of Athens
The Ancients
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Athenian Medicine - Thucydides' Description of the Plague
No one of course forgets the plague. And indeed, I mean, Thucydides' description of the plague ensures that the plague is memorialized for eternity. So it's very significant on the history of ancient medicine as well. The Plague itself does in fact seem to occupy most of bits of the Eastern Mediterranean. However, none of the cities seem to suffer it as badly as Athens.
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