Timeline of Roman Pandemics and Natural Disasters

Year	Place	Event
492 BCE	Rome	Famine in Rome.
294 BCE	Rome	The Great Plague: This led to the building of Temple of Asclepius in Rome (291 BCE) to heal the sick.
62 BCE	Rome	Leprosy arrived in Rome, after Pompey and his Legions returned from the East.


62 CE	Ostia	A Great Storm: 200 ships sank in the Port of Ostia.
62 CE	Pompeii	Earthquake damaged Pompeii
64 CE	Rome	Great Fire of Rome
69 CE	Rome	Fire in Rome.
79 CE	Vesuvius	Eruption of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum buried in volcanic ash.
80 CE	Rome	Fire in Rome.
141 CE	Lycia	Devastated by Earthquakes in 141 and 240 CE.
169-180 CE	R. Empire	Antonine Plague also known as the Plague of Galen.
249-262 CE	R. Empire	Plague of Cyprian
363 CE	Galilee	Galilee Earthquake 18-19 May
365 CE	E. Med	Crete Earthquake and Tsunami of 21 July 365 CE


410 CE	Rome	First Sack of Rome: by Alaric King of the Visigoths, for 3 days.
455 CE	Rome	Second Sack of Rome: by Geiseric King of the Vandals, for 14 days.
541 CE	Europe	Plague of Justinian: (541-549 CE) First occurrence of the Bubonic Plague affecting the Mediterranean, Europe, Middle East and Persia.
546 CE	Rome	Third Sack of Rome: by Totila King of the Ostrogoths, who depopulated Rome.
551 CE	Beirut	Beirut Earthquake and Tsunami (551 CE) caused c.30,000 deaths.


1347-51 CE	Europe	Black Death: Also known as the Plague or Pestilence, was the worst Pandemic in History where between 30-60 % of the affected populations died. It affected the Mediterranean, Europe, Middle East and Eurasia.
1918-1920 CE	Worldwide	Flu Pandemic: Incorrectly called Spanish ‘Flu, it appeared during WWI. The influenza was caused by the H1N1 virus and was the worst Pandemic since the Black Death. It was a global Pandemic which caused 17-50 million estimated deaths worldwide.
2020 CE	Worldwide	Covid 19: SARS-CoV-2, known as Covid 19, is a Global Covid Pandemic caused by the Sars CoV 2 virus. Dated from the 12th Jan 2020 CE. Millions have been affected and millions have died. It has resulted in a global mass vaccination campaign.