When it comes to the spread of the plague, rats and fleas usually shoulder most of the blame. But lice may have been just as responsible for transmitting the disease, according to a new study.
In Europe though, the catastrophic plague eventually played out to be a boon for some the serfs who were legally committed to providing labour to landlords in exchange for allowing them to live and work in their lands.
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Thus, out of all the factors, civil wars and usurpations arguably were the biggest downfall of the empire, along with the Fourth Crusade, which was the nail in the coffin of the persistent Roman Empire. Thus, out of all the factors, civil wars and usurpations arguably were the biggest downfall of the empire, along with the Fourth Crusade, which was the nail in the coffin of the persistent Roman Empire.