title: [Emperor, comet and catastrophy - the <<Justinianic>> plague and the end of antiquity].
abstract: The decline and fall of the Roman Empire and the dramatic change of the Mediterranean world in late antiquity have ever been discussed in history. The present paper outlines, from the point of view of medical history, some recent tendencies of research, including those which bring in scientific evidence.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg i.Br., Germany. leven@egm.uni-freiburg.de
authors.forename: K-H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Leven
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D018612:Byzantium; D004190:Disasters; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D019110:Meteoroids; D008967:Molecular Biology; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D010930:Plague / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history*; D018644:Roman World / Q000266:history*