![]() ![]() Thought to be the world’s first episode of bubonic plague, its namesake was the Byzantine emperor who was in power when it hit, likely arriving in the form of infected fleas hitching rides across the world on the backs of rodents. ![]() (Josse Lieferinxe/The Walters Art Museum) 1497, depicts Saint Sebastian kneeling to pray before God on behalf of people suffering from or killed by the plague. ![]()
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