How bad was the Justinian plague back then, and why is it said to have influenced the historical development of Europe?

The Justinian plague refers to the plague outbreak that occurred in the Mediterranean world between 541 and 542 A.D. It was also the first bubonic plague outbreak, and at that time, the reigning emperor of Byzantium was Justinian, so it was known as the Justinian plague to distinguish it from the Black Death, and it directly accelerated the demise of the Byzantine Empire.

The specific details of this disaster we have no way to know, only then handed down paintings and drawings, travelogues and so on only have a little clue, the plague appeared at that time is very strange and horrible, for example, two are talking to the people without warning fell to the ground and died, and even people will feel that they are not far from the death of the people to buy things, the first to be threatened by the death of the poor wandering people who slept all day long on the streets. The Byzantine Empire was very powerful at the time, but this sudden plague before the backwardness of no reasonable immunization program, so in the plague came, the whole country whether it is high-ranking aristocrats and the common people, were plunged into the unknown panic, socio-economic upheaval.

In the description of some paintings,we even see that due to the death of too many people, some corpses have no way to deal with, just like that piled up in the street, everywhere is the smell of corpses, the data show that at that time, the Emperor Justinian was infected by the plague, and had no choice but to send the workers to dig a pit to bury the corpses in the together,Yes, regardless of whether it is a plague or not,

The Emperor was also infected by the plague. Yes, no matter how high or low or men, women and children, all buried together, to know the former feudal society, nobles have their own mausoleum coffins, etc., visible at the time of the plague is how terrible.

The plague lasted for half a century, and the Justinian who wanted to expand lost his will to fight, and it led directly to the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire, decrease in population, directly affecting the development of the whole of Europe, whether it is the economy or the military power will stop for many years or even regression, it can be seen that the Justinian plague how serious, in the underdeveloped era but in the plague, it is the most important thing. serious, in the underdeveloped era but easily destroyed the future of an empire.