With unimaginable scale and speed, how terrible was the plague of antiquity?

Because there was no corresponding medicine and effective means of isolation in ancient times, the scale and speed of the expansion of plagues in ancient times were very fast, such as the Black Death in ancient Europe, which killed 25 million people.

Ancient plagues spread quickly, hurt a lot, and quickly took people's lives. In fact, this is closely related to the historical environment of ancient times, because the level of medical care in ancient times was poor.

The plague in ancient times was very terrible, because the plague was contagious, and in ancient times, there was no exquisite technology that could immediately judge it as a plague, and the isolation measures were not in place, and it was generally necessary to sacrifice the people of a village or a city. So it's pretty scary.

As we all know, the level of economic development in ancient times was relatively low, and the medical conditions were not complete. Therefore, the life of the ancients was relatively short, especially if they accidentally contracted some colds and flu, they might kill people. Therefore, people in ancient times were very afraid of life, because once life is really difficult to heal.

However, in ancient times, there were also epidemics similar to the new coronavirus, which were called plagues in ancient times. So what were the terrible consequences of an outbreak of plague in ancient times? I think there are several consequences.

First, the labor force has decreased sharply and the population has decreased

The most immediate consequence of the plague was the drastic decline in the population. Because of the backward productivity in ancient times, there were not many doctors, and the people's conditions were very difficult, once the plague occurred, they could only wait for the arrival of death. In addition, the plague will quickly lead to the death of a large number of young adults, the elderly and children due to its extremely contagious power, which will not only lead to a decrease in the number of large labor forces, but also lead to a decrease in the population of the entire country.

Second, society is in chaos and panic

Because it was a relatively closed society in ancient times, once the ancient plague spread, it was difficult for the entire people living in it to escape the clutches of the plague. Therefore, people in society are bound to cause panic. At this time, the whole country will be destabilized, and the ruler's regime will also be affected, so the ancient plague has a great impact on the ancient society.

Third, the quality of the soldiers in the army has deteriorated, and they are in danger of foreign invasion

Once the ancient plague broke out, it had the greatest impact on the soldiers who defended the country. If a soldier is infected, then the country's strongest backing is threatened. At this time, people from other countries will take advantage of the situation, conquer the kingdom, and seize power.

This is the most serious consequence. In ancient times, many countries were wiped out by other countries due to the outbreak of plague. Therefore, the outbreak of plague in ancient times also led to the risk of extinction of the country.

It should be a piece of transmission, a litter of death. In the case of this epidemic, the scope of infection is very strong, the speed is quite fast, and the intensity of infection is very strong.

There is a historical record of the new dynasty ruled by Wang Mang, because of the plague, most of the people in a city died, this is the terrible thing about the ancient plague, the most terrible thing is that after the plague is gone, people can only eat each other's children because of hunger.

In ancient China, plague once caused many deaths, resulting in a significant reduction in the ancient population.

During the Ming Dynasty, a plague killed many people and affected hundreds of thousands of people. As a result, the economy has suffered a lot of losses.

In ancient times, there were many plagues, and in the past, these infectious ones were called epidemics, and the time was extremely short and not serious, and they were called epidemics. It occurs for a long time, and it is quite serious, and after the infection, the body temperature will rise significantly, which becomes the "warm" plague.

In ancient times, infectious diseases were also common, and there were many, many records about infectious diseases in ancient times. A total of 772 years of plagues of varying severity have been recorded in various historical records, which can be seen in the frequency of plagues. These do not include plagues that are not documented due to missing information or other reasons.

There are many reasons for the emergence of plagues, and the underdeveloped technology in ancient times can lead to considerable disasters for the occurrence of epidemics. The people have gradually figured out a set of rules for the occurrence of the plague. These patterns include periods of frequent plague outbreaks and the slow decline of plagues.

According to our 24 solar terms, the records of the most likely start of the plague and the subsidence of the plague are used as a reference. That is, this old saying is called: the plague begins with heavy snow, begins on the winter solstice, is born in a small cold, flourishes in the beginning of spring, is weaker than rain, and declines in sting.

This folk saying about the plague is about the entire development process of the plague.

1. In 196 A.D., according to Zhang Zhongjing's book "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", external fever and the fierce infectious diseases at that time were collectively called "typhoid fever", and two-thirds of the people who contracted typhoid fever died, which shows the seriousness of the epidemic at that time.

2. In 217 A.D., the epidemic of warp, according to the record of Cao Zhi's "Saying Epidemic Qi", the warren gas caused the death of many people, and some even wiped out the whole clan, which depicts the tragic situation at that time in detail. The anger was caused by the wrong time of cold and summer, but the common people at that time believed in ghosts and gods, which shows the ignorance of the people at that time.

<> "Everyone knows that ancient China lacked medicine and medicine, but China has always been the world's leader in the ancient period, not to mention Europe and other countries, and the plague was absolutely fatal to the ancients.

In film and television dramas, we often see that a plague breaks out in a village, and the entire city needs to be blocked, and only entry and exit are allowed. Plague can turn even a thriving city into an empty city.

There was a large-scale nationwide plague in Chinese history, and ancient human beings had no means to stop this plague, in which 16 princes and 2 emperors died. However, this was only the beginning, and along the Silk Road, the plague spread all the way to the Chagatai Khanate, the Ilkhanate, and the Golden Horde.

And because of the war and **, the plague came to the Rus region, and the Genoese colony of Kaffa in the Crimea. Then came to Italy and infected the whole of Europe.

This is the famous plague in history, the Black Death, which is often referred to as the plague! Since the Yuan Dynasty, it has spread almost half of the world.

The Black Death was a nightmare for the whole of Europe, and this plague even directly destroyed the entire Yuan Dynasty, making the territory of the Yuan Dynasty shrink, and the Black Death directly changed the social structure of the entire Europe.

The Black Death began in the 14th century and continued into the 17th century, with many countries having to stop fighting because of the Black Death, and some countries that perished because of the Black Death, and of course the plague continued until the 17th century.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the Black Death never stopped, which seriously damaged the Daimyo's military strength and national strength. By the time of the Chongzhen period, it had even reached the level of: "The Great Epidemic, thousands of miles from north to south, north to Saiwai, south to the Yellow River, and ten rooms are rarely escaped".

It can be seen that the lethality of the plague is so strong, even in the modern era of medical development, there is still an uncontrollable plague.

There are many kinds of plagues that were prevalent in ancient times, such as the current epidemic, chickenpox, etc., because there was no special medicine in ancient times, coupled with the lack of awareness of epidemic prevention, it sometimes evolved into a plague that spread to several towns and cities.

But the comparison between the above plague and the following one is really a minor illness.

If there were really heavy casualties, it was the plague, the predecessor of the Black Death.

The earliest plague occurred in 541 and became the Great Plague of Justinian. Rats and fleas from Egypt boarded ships bound for the Eastern Roman Empire, where plague spread. It could have been hundreds of thousands, but it happened that the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian was bent on restoring his homeland and recruited soldiers on a large scale, and the plague spread, taking at least 15 million lives.

The terrible thing is that the plague didn't stop there. The plague spread to Western Europe, almost completely crushing the population and economy of Western Europe. As a result, Western Europe plunged into the Middle Ages for a hundred years, truly becoming the poorest poor brethren in Europe.

Unfortunately, in the thirteenth century, there was also an outbreak of the Great Plague in China. The plague entered through the northern overland Silk Road and destroyed the center of the Yuan Dynasty in one fell swoop. There were sixteen princes one after another, and two emperors died as a result, and the Great Yuan Empire was almost paralyzed.

The plague once again spread along the Middle East to the troubled cities of Western Europe, and the century-old Anglo-French War was stopped, and people were terrified to call it the "Black Death". Western Europe's already fragile economies are once again on the verge of collapse.

The Black Death continued into the 17th century, seriously weakening the strength of the Ming Dynasty, resulting in its tragic state of "one person who has escaped from ten rooms". At the same time, the "Great Plague of Milan" claimed almost one-third of the population of Eastern Europe.

Fortunately, the progress of human technology led to the invention of vaccines, and the plague that had raged for thousands of years was finally brought under control.

In 1894, the bubonic plague broke out in Yunnan, China, and spread rapidly, killing more than 12 million people and, in another sense, hastening the demise of the Qing Dynasty.

Plagues often occur in wars and natural disasters, and the Black Death of 1894 was a plague, when many people were injured, and those who received the infection could infect others, which was really terrible.

I think that after a lot of wars in ancient times, there was a tendency to plague. Later, there will be this talk of cleaning the battlefield. In ancient times, the level of medical care was not developed, and it was normal for plagues to occur.

Black disease, also known as plague. This outbreak at that time was extremely lethal. The number of kills caused is also as high as tens of millions. In addition, because of the low level of medical care, even large-scale infections cannot be restrained for a while.

Plagues are usually susceptible to drought or floods, but due to the limitations of health and medical care, there are often heavy casualties.

Ancient plagues were devastating each time, mainly because of the limited level of medical care at the time. Because plagues occur frequently, there are many records, and each time there are heavy casualties.

Ancient plagues do not have a special name, like modern tornadoes. So I can't give specific examples. But basically every dynasty will have it.

Most of the plagues in ancient times appeared in war years, and fighting was very cruel, and many people would die, and if the bodies of these people were not properly disposed of, there would be plagues.

In my opinion, there are many of the worst plagues in history, such as the Black Death, smallpox, and the plague. What they all had in common was the large number of casualties and uncontrollable nature of the time.