A new study suggests the Byzantine Empire’s decline wasn’t caused by the Justinian Plague, but may have even experienced a population boom.

According to this interpretation, the climate cooling during the LALIA (536–660 AD) and the devastating Plague of Justinian (541 AD) would have drastically reduced the population, affecting ...

To complete their research, scientists analysed 650 pieces of oak from between 300 and 800 AD. They found growth rings became dramatically smaller starting in 536 AD, and even more so between 539 ...

According to medieval historian Michael McCormick, 536 AD was ‘the beginning of one of the worst periods ... It created the ideal conditions for the ‘Justinian’ bubonic plague, the first plague ...

Was the year 536 AD the worst ever? The 6th century boasted many exceptional events, people, and historical contributions.

A new study led by the University of Aberdeen has provided greater understanding of Scotland's final deadly brush with the ...

Until now, it was unclear how virulent the Neolithic plague was within a human population. “There is a hypothesis that the oldest plague bacterium lacked epidemic potential,” said Dr ...

Now a study of the volcano's lava confirms their timeline for when the molten rock below was on the move. Advertisement Article continues below this ad “Volcanoes are tricky because we don’t ...

That’s about when the Beemerville Volcano erupted in Wantage, give or take six million years, according to geologists. So much about New Jersey is familiar — the Jersey Shore, traffic jug ...

A powerful eruption from Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano left at least nine dead earlier this week.