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Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
Justinian's Flea Plague Empire and the Birth of Europe
Author: William Rosen
A richly told story of the collision between nature's smallest organism and history's mightiest empire — The Emperor Justinian reunified Rome's fractured empire by defeating the Goths and Vandals who had separated Italy, Spain, and North Africa from imperial rule. In his capital at Constantinople he built the world's most beautiful buil...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780670038558
ISBN-10: 0670038555
Publication Date: 5/3/2007
Pages: 384
Rating:
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3.2 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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The topic is provocative but the execution of the book wasn't as compelling as I had hoped. I think a shorter book with more concentrated info would have been better.


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