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Volcanoes, plague, famine and endless winter: Welcome to 536, what historians and scientists believe was the 'worst year to be alive'
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Entry of Belisarius into Rome', (536 AD), 1890. Flavius Belisarius (c500-565) a general of the Byzantine Empire, during the Gothic War entered Rome unopposed in late spr - Album alb4314897
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Afro-Eurasia, 588 AD: What if 536 didn't kickstart “one of the worst periods to be alive”? : r/imaginarymaps
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