The Prepper's Guide to Surviving Pandemics, Bioterrorism, and Infectious Disease by D. W. D. Forgey

Author:D. W. D. Forgey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2021-07-24T00:00:00+00:00

PLAGUE OF ATHENS, 430 BC

A lot of historical information is recorded about this early event. This severe illness caused a rapid onset of fever, headache, eye inflammation, fetid breath with sore throat and tongue, and a high mortality rate. It is estimated that 70,000 to 100,000 people died from this disease, which some authorities claim caused Athens to lose its ongoing war with Sparta, a war that was also raging at that time. The Athenians were packed into the walls of their city, thus leading to the proper conditions for a disease to strike. The illness was so terrible that the Spartans withdrew their siege to avoid catching it themselves. Because this war dragged on for years, going through many phases, perhaps this plague wasn’t the only reason for the Athenian loss and decline—but it was a nightmare infection that hit hard and fast. It spread beyond Athens, so the Spartans had good reason to scurry away (another reason, of course, was that wars in which Sparta was involved usually had campaign seasons of three months due to the need to oversee their slaves, particularly during harvest).

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