 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Panguva iyi, kwakava nokuparuka kwechipiri kweAntonine Plague, iyo pakakwirira kwayo kubva muna 251 kusvika muna 266, yakatora upenyu hwevanhu 5 000 zuva nezuva muRoma. Kuputika uku kunonzi Denda raCyprianusCyprian akanga ari bhishopi weCarthage, uko zvose zviri zviviri denda nokutambudzwa kwavaKristu kwakanga kwakanyanyisa. Munyori woupenyu hwaCyprian Pontius akapa mufananidzo wakajeka wemigumisiro inoparadza yedenda uye Cyprian akaronga chiitiko chacho munyaya yake inonzi De mortalitate. MuCarthage, kutambudza kwavaDecian, kwakaparurwa pakatanga denda, kwakatsvaka mbudzi dzechivi dzechiKristu. Mirayiro yaDecius yakavandudzwa naValerian muna 253 uye yakadzimwa nomwanakomana wake, Gallienus, muna 260-261. 