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"This fascination with mortality rates during an epidemic is nothing new": Plague in the Third Century Roman Empire

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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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