Bubonic Plague s effect on the Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire lasted from 312 AD to 1453 AD. ... But one main event was the “Black Plague”. ... Rodents carried the plague and the fleas in the rodents transmitted it to humans. The main symptoms of the plague were fevers and a painful swelling of the lymph glands called buboes, which is where the other name came from (The Bubonic Plague). ... Since China was one of the busiest trading nations of its time, it was quite easy for the plague to spread to Byzantium. Italian merchants would travel to China most, so now it isn’t a surprise that Italy got an extremely bad case of the plague in such a little time.