[The Antonine plague: A global pestilence in the II century d.C].
The Antonine plague was the first plague affecting globally the Western world. It affected all aspects of life of mankind in the Roman Empire: economics, politics, religion and the culture. The especialists set the mortality rate in the 10% of the population. On the other hand the existence of unified Roman Empire from culturally and territorially helped to spreading the plague as it could similarly occur in our society in a similar pandemic. In conclusion, it is argued that the epidemic was global in a sense of the geographical extension and the effects this had on the population.
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D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D058873:Pandemics / Q000266:history*; D018644:Roman World / Q000266:history*; D012899:Smallpox / Q000266:history*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors