Location Roman Empire Even the best Ancient Greek temples dedicated to the Goddess Athena couldn't save them from this plague. In 430 BCE, as Sparta laid siege to Athens, a mysterious and brutal ...

Past outbreaks offer clues. How will the pandemic end? Past outbreaks offer clues. The Plague of Athens killed tens of thousands, but its cause remains a mystery The Plague of Athens killed tens ...

One of the victims of the plague that swept Athens in 430 BC was Pericles himself. According to the historian Thucydides: '...The plague seized Pericles, not with sharp and violent fits ...