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Quotation from History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War) by Procopius of Caesarea
“Indeed the whole matter may be stated thus, that no device was discovered by man to save himself”
History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War), Book II, ch. 22, trans. H. B. Dewing
His summary of the failure of prediction and treatment during the plague of 542.
Citation: "Indeed the whole matter may be stated thus, that no device was discovered by man to save himself" — Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War), Book II, ch. 22, trans. H. B. Dewing. (id procopius-history-of-the-wars-persian-war-q6)
