The First Pandemic

Published: Aug. 30, 2020, 5 p.m.

Pandemics can be world-changing events. The aftermath of a pandemic can shape societies and topple empires.  

Whether it's the flu, smallpox, cholera, or the bubonic plague, these pandemics have killed more people than all the wars in human history. 

However, pandemics weren’t always a part of humanity. There was a first pandemic that caught civilization by surprise, and the legacy of that pandemic can still be felt in our world today.

Learn more about the Plague of Justinian, the world’s first true pandemic, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Executive Producer James Makkyla

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