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The Worst Year to Be Alive - 536 AD
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536 AD was not a good year to be to be a human - especially in Eastern Europe. Below are some written descriptions of what it was like:
Michael the Syrian, wrote: "[T]he sun became dark and its darkness lasted for one and a half years [...] Each day it shone for about four hours and still this light was only a feeble shadow [...] the fruits did not ripen and the wine tasted like sour grapes."
A prefect of Italy at the time, wrote: "so we have had a winter without storms, spring…
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