The Antonine Plague安东尼瘟疫

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The year was 166 C.E.， and the Roman Empire was at the zenith of its power. The triumphant Roman legions， under the command of Emperor Lucius Verrus， returned to Rome victorious after having defeated their Parthian enemies on the eastern border of the Roman Empire. As they marched west toward Rome， they carried with them more than the spoils of plundered Parthian temples; they also carried an epidemic that would ravage the Roman Empire over the course of the next two decades， an event that would inexorably alter the landscape of the Roman world. The Antonine Plague1， as it came to be known， would reach every corner of the empire and is what most likely claimed the life of Lucius Verrus himself in 169—and possibly that of his co-emperor Marcus Aurelius in 180.

公元166年，罗马帝国正在鼎盛时期，国力强大。（剩余5836字）