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Antonine PlagueThe Antonine Plague 165-180, was an ancient pandemic, possibly of smallpox brought back from the Near East; killed a quarter of those infected and up to five million in all. At the height of a second outbreak (251-266) 5,000 people a day were said to be dying in Rome.
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