 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mugore rechipiri rePeloponnesian War 430 BC, Thucydides akarondedzera chirwere chehosha icho chainzi chakatanga muEthiopia, chakapfuura neEgypt neLibya, ndokuzouya kunyika yechiGiriki. MuDenda reAtene, guta racho ringangodaro rakarasikirwa nechetatu chavagari varo, kusanganisira Pericles. Vanyori vezvakaitika kare vemazuva ano havabvumirani kuti denda racho ndiro rakaita kuti vakundwe muhondo yacho here. Kunyange zvazvo denda iri rave richionekwa kwenguva refu sokuputika kwedenda, nyanzvi dzakawanda dzemazuva ano dzinodavira kuti typhus, smallpox, kana kuti chibhokisi zvinganyatsokodzera rondedzero dzakasara. Ongororo ichangobva kuitwa yeDNA yakawanikwa muzino revanhu vakabatwa nedenda iri inoratidza kuti taifodi ndiyo yaikonzera chirwere ichi. 