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Episode LXIX - Galen and the Antonine Plague
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As the Parthian War comes to end the troops are dispersed throughout the corners of the Empire, and with them goes the Antonine plague. The effects of the plague will be felt for decades to come, and we know much about it through the extensive writings of the physician Galen.
Guest: Dr Leanne McNamara (Classics, La Trobe University).
239 episodes
Manage episode 201873693 series 2149383
As the Parthian War comes to end the troops are dispersed throughout the corners of the Empire, and with them goes the Antonine plague. The effects of the plague will be felt for decades to come, and we know much about it through the extensive writings of the physician Galen.
Guest: Dr Leanne McNamara (Classics, La Trobe University).
239 episodes
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