| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The climax of Justinian's Flea - the summer of 542, when Constantinople witnessed the death of 5,000 of its citizens every day - is revealed through the experiences of the remarkable individuals whose lives are a window onto a remarkable age: Justinian himself, of course, but also his doppelg??nger, the Persian Shah Khusro Anushirvan, whose empire would be so weakened by plague that it essentially
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