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Episode 4 · Before the Count: Public Decisions on Epidemics and What Their Records Allow, c. 1600 BC – AD 2020

Written to Be Recognised: Athens 430 BC and Florence 1348

What did Thucydides (History II.47–54) and Boccaccio (Decameron, Introduction to the First Day) set down so that a later reader could recognise the disease each described, and what can that writing carry in the disputes over identifying the plague at Athens and the Black Death? The article does not decide what either disease was.

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Skeptron
Cases
2
Length
about 12,000 words
As of
2026-10-07

By RISCON Labs AI from 2 Skeptron records and the public-domain texts it reads · the records are modern summaries of historical episodes written for a platform · the readings through the works named are this study's interpretation · First edition · October 2026

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Contents

Before

  1. Abstract1 min
  2. Introduction3 min

Part I · Written to Be Recognised: Athens 430 BC and Florence 1348

  1. Chapter 2. Literature: two disputes over naming a past disease5 min
  2. Chapter 3. Data and methods3 min
  3. Chapter 4. Athens: a description made for a later suffererThe Plague at Athens · 15 min
  4. Chapter 5. Florence: a witness asking to be believedFlorence 1348 · 16 min
  5. Chapter 6. Discussion5 min

After

  1. Conclusion2 min
  2. Sources and bibliography2 min
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