The plague under Marcus Aurelius and the decline and fall of the Roman Empire

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-77

  Fears, J Rufus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; GREECE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHIC NAMES; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMPERIUM; LITERATURE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EXPERT; MORTALITY; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PLAGUE; POPULATION RISK; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; TERRORISM; VIRULENCE; WAR; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTHRAX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; RELIGION; ROMAN WORLD; SMALLPOX;

EID: 1842688142     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(03)00089-8     Document Type: Review

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