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  • Dionysius, The 3rd Century Roman Plague, & The Modern Church

    Dionysius, The 3rd Century Roman Plague, & The Modern Church

    In the 3rd century AD, a horrible plague struck the Roman Empire. According to some counts, 5,000 people a day were dying in Rome. It is not clear what specific disease caused the pandemic, but it is clear it was severe and deadly, lasting not months but years. By the mid-200s AD, when this plague…