Plague of Athens (jan 1, 430 BC – jan 1, 426 BC)
Description:
*earliest record pandemic during the Peloponnesian Wardisease: unknown, possibly typhus, typhoid fever, or viral hemorrhagic fever
death toll: 75,000 to 100,000 people died; as much as 66% of the city's population
location: Greece, Libya, Egypt, and Ethiopia
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Date:
jan 1, 430 BC
jan 1, 426 BC
~ 4 years