Another late classical plague article

[Erpingham]

It seems only a few days since we had an article on this.  This one is centred on Britain, though.

https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/study-suggests-plague-reached-britain-earlier-than-thought/

There is a link to the full article but it is paywalled. Those with institutional access may be able to see it.

[Imperial Dave]

It is of course slightly obvious to say that there were obviously waves of generalised plague outbreaks at frequent intervals. I guess it was the ones that caused worse than  normal effects that were perhaps 'fossilised' in the historical record