"What came to be called the Plague of Justinian spread rapidly, wiping out one-third to one-half of the population of the eastern Roman Empire and hastening its collapse, McCormick says."
Considering when the ERE "fell", the plague did a pretty poor job of hastening it's collapse, no?
If you have ever chance to read any ancient Greek historian, you would notice breakfast was a big deal back then. Xenophon for example mentions it about every time he describes how the morning starts in an army camp. This is just another click-bait article, don't fall for it.
Considering when the ERE "fell", the plague did a pretty poor job of hastening it's collapse, no?