552, and a subsequent invasion of the Franks was defeated in A.D. It has been hypothesized that young Gregory and his parents retired during that intermission to their Sicilian estates, to return in A.D. 549 he invited those who were still alive to return to the empty and ruined streets. 546, destroying most of its population, but in A.D. As the fighting was mainly in the north, the young Gregory probably saw little of it. 540s Italy was gradually retaken from the Goths by Justinian I, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire ruling from Constantinople. Politically, although the Western Roman Empire had long since vanished in favour of the Gothic kings of Italy, during the A.D. In some parts of the country, over 1/3 of the population was wiped out or destroyed, with heavy spiritual and emotional effects on the people of the Empire. ![]() ![]() The plague caused famine, panic, and sometimes rioting. ![]() 542 the so-called Plague of Justinian swept through the provinces of the empire, including Italy. Gregory was born into a period of upheaval in Italy.
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