It's No Plague of Justinian

Armstrong & Getty One More Thing

Armstrong & Getty

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4.8 • 815 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Ever heard of The Plague of Justinian? Joe informs us about the first recorded epidemic, one that's said to have wiped out 25-50 million during the times of the Roman Empire!

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0:00.0	When you're ready to ride Metro, we want you to know we're ready for you.
0:05.5	Here are just a few of the people at Metro to tell you how we're doing our part to keep riders safe.
0:10.5	We're cleaning like never before. We're hot-builder-grade clean.
0:14.2	You'll find hand-sanit standardized stations all over the Metro.
0:17.6	No mask, no Metro.
0:19.8	Need one, we have a few extras. At Metro, we're doing our part to keep the D.C. No mask. No Metro. Need one. We have a few extras.
0:21.7	At Metro, we're doing our part to keep the D.C. area moving.
0:25.3	Find out more at Womata.com slash doing our part.
0:30.0	Well, this is crazy, but it's no plague of Justinian.
0:33.4	It's one more thing.
0:34.4	What?
0:35.6	Armstrong and Getty.
0:36.9	One more thing. What? I know. Armstrong and Getty. One more thing.
0:41.6	Boy, you're going to drone on some more about the old POJ, I see.
0:45.2	Oh, yeah, you can't stop me.
0:47.5	The plague of Justinian.
0:49.3	That's why I'm not invited to parties anymore.
0:52.4	That and social distancing.
0:53.6	No matter where I go.
0:55.5	You guys know about the plague of Justinian?
0:58.3	First recorded epidemic affected the Eastern Roman Empire,
1:02.4	aka the Byzantine Empire,
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