Plague of Athens (jan 1, 430 BC – jun 1, 426 BC)
Description:
Cause: smallpox/typhus
Spread: entered through port of Piraeus and moved all throughout Greece and eastern Mediterranean
Deaths: approx 75,000 to 100,000
Results: Greece lost Peloponnesian War
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Date:
jan 1, 430 BC
jun 1, 426 BC
~ 3 years and 7 months