| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3401349 | Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica | 2012 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
On the other hand, there is a general agreement among historians, biographers and researchers that the philosopher emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180Â AD was affected by the infection in the epidemic wave of 164-165Â AD. The death of Marcus Aurelius occurred on March 17 in the year 180Â AD, in Vindobonne, or perhaps Sirminium (near to Vienna). Many authors propose that the cause of the emperor's death was the same epidemic. We consider that it is not possible to demonstrate any of those speculative diagnoses. Finally, the epidemic of 189-190Â AD, that we have named of Commodus, was probably a different disease to the Galen's plague. There were several kinds of animals affected (anthropozoonoses). In this sense, this infection resembles more the previous Athens plague (430Â BC) or the epidemic of Justinian (552Â AD) than that of Galen's.
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Authors
AgustÃn Muñoz-Sanz,