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Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
By William Rosen. 367 pp., illustrated. New York, Viking, 2007. $27.95. ISBN 978-0-670-03855-8.

Plague and the End of Antiquity: The Pandemic of 541–750
Edited by Lester K. Little. 360 pp. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2007. $75. ISBN 978-0-521-84639-4.

The interval between the 4th and the 8th centuries saw the decline of the Roman Empire, the rise of Christianity, the beginning of the Dark Ages in Western Europe, the spread of Islam, and the establishment of the Caliphate. These events echo through time to today, but few people are aware of an important link connecting all these events. The history of those times and that linkage is the subject of two recent books, Justinian's Flea and Plague and the End of Antiquity. Both books recount the tumultuous times at . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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