ID: 901002637 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002637	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Antonine Plague (Roman event, 165-180 CE)

Note: Scholars generally believe the plague was smallpox, carried to Rome from soldiers returning from a Near East campaign.

Display Date: 165-180 CE

Names:

	Antonine Plague (Roman event, 165-180 CE) (preferred,English-P)
	Plague of Galen (Roman event, 165-180 CE) (English)
	Peste antonina (peste, Impero romano) (Italian-P)
	Peste di Galeno (peste, Impero romano) (Italian)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<Ancient history (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, other western)> (P)
		........Antonine Plague (Roman event, 165-180 CE) (I)

Other Relationships:

	located in .... Roman Empire
	..... ULAN Candidate

	role/characteristic is .... plague
	.....(epidemics, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Antonine Plague (Roman event, 165-180 CE)
	................BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Plague of Galen (Roman event, 165-180 CE)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Peste antonina (peste, Impero romano)
	................ICCD database (1988-)
	Peste di Galeno (peste, Impero romano)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)