Catapulting Plague Corpses
2:46–3:36 · 50s
Asbridge recounts Janibeg’s grisly tactic at the Siege of Caffa: hurling plague-ridden corpses over the walls, triggering an outbreak among the Genoese and a doomed escape that carried death onward.
2:46–3:36 · 50s
Asbridge recounts Janibeg’s grisly tactic at the Siege of Caffa: hurling plague-ridden corpses over the walls, triggering an outbreak among the Genoese and a doomed escape that carried death onward.
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