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"This fascination with mortality rates during an epidemic is nothing new": Plague in the Third Century Roman Empire
Prof. Dr. Sabine Huebner looks back at the pandemic that ravaged the Roman Empire during the Third Century CE, and highlights the aspects mirrored in our behavior during COVID-19 today.
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