Western Civilization - Blog Post #15
February 18, 2020
The Flu
Today I was not in class because I have the flu.
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March 17th, 2020 Episode 3 Athens's plan was to rely on its fleet and shipmen to survive the war. During the second year of battle, a ship contaminated with the plague brought sickness upon Athens. As the Athenians were stuck inside the city's walls, the plague ripped through the population. Symptoms included raging high fevers and uncontrollable diarrhea. The sickness would cause the Athenians to become dehydrated. The ill would find their way into the city's water systems, where they would, later on, pass away. In this period of catastrophe, the Athenians did not care about religion or laws. The disease killed more than one-third of Athens's population before it struck Pericles. He was so sick he started to rely on potions to refrain from death. After being ill for six months, Pericles died in 429 B.C. In the end, Pericles' plan to make Athens the strongest city in the Mediterranean failed him by bringing disease and death to the city.
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