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Byzantine Plague
Around 1002 CE, a plague broke out in Constantinople and some cities of Asia Minor, causing a considerable number of deaths;…
Timeline
- 1002Constantinople · ByzantineChronicles record a major epidemic in Constantinople with many dead; the court and church organized prayer processions, some quarters were quarantined, and market and port activity was temporarily disrupted.
- 1002Western Anatolia · AnatoliaThe disease spread along trade routes to Anatolian cities such as Ephesus and Nicaea; local authorities opened granaries for relief and postponed some tax collections to ease the epidemic's impact on agriculture and garrison logistics.
Sources
- Michael Psellos, Chronographia — Michael Psellos
- The Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. IV: The Byzantine Empire — J. M. Hussey (ed.) (1966)