Plague of Justinian
Event in History
Plague of Justinian has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Lex Fridman Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Anthony KaldellisHistorian of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire at the University of Chicago and author of "The New Roman Empire"
Kaldellis rejects estimates that the Plague of Justinian killed half the population, noting that wars, taxation and courts continued without pause.
“And some scholars argue for a kind of maximalist position of 50%. I think that would have brought this society to a halt, just logistically speaking”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #498 – Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires (Jun 30, 2026) · Listen from 2:52:00
Podcasts
- Lex Fridman Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
#498 – Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of EmpiresLex Fridman Podcast · Jun 30, 2026 · 3 h 59 min
Historian Anthony Kaldellis and Lex Fridman trace 2,200 years of Roman history, arguing the Byzantine Empire was simply the Roman Empire and explaining its longevity.