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Quotation from History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War) by Procopius of Caesarea
“all who had the good fortune to be in health were sitting in their houses, either attending the sick or mourning the dead.”
History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War), Book II, ch. 23, trans. H. B. Dewing
The emptied streets of Constantinople at the height of the pestilence.
Citation: "all who had the good fortune to be in health were sitting in their houses, either attending the sick or mourning the dead." — Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War), Book II, ch. 23, trans. H. B. Dewing. (id procopius-history-of-the-wars-persian-war-q8)
