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The Antonine Plague wiped out one-third of the Roman army
安东尼瘟疫(1/3罗马军队覆灭)
Roman soldiers unknowingly started the Antonine Plague in AD 165 when they returned from the Near East carrying either smallpox or measles.
公元165年,从近东回来的罗马士兵携带着天花或麻疹病毒回到了罗马帝国,由此在不知情的情况下引发了安东尼瘟疫。
Over 15-years, outbreaks killed as many as 2,000 people a day and decimated a full one-third of the Roman army.
在瘟疫爆发的15年里,的死亡人数最多可达到2000人。在此期间,有三分之一的罗马军队遭受灭顶之灾。
6.5 million people died.
在这场大瘟疫中,有650万人丧生。