Mysterious Black Cloud Caused A Global Catastrophe In 536 A.D. And 18 Months Of Darkness

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Living in darkness for 18 full months can be challenging even to those who do not appreciate the Sun very much. Something unsettling happened 536 A.D. There were few indications people could anticipate the horror that led to one of the greatest natural disasters in human history. The catastrophe in 536 A.D. led to the death of millions of people around the world. Nevertheless, this incident was long unheard of until two scientists “re-discovered” the event and brought it to light.

The arrival of the dark cloud was the beginning of the disaster. Credit: Public Domain

The Mysterious Black Cloud

“In 1983, two researchers at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA, Richard Stothers and Michael Rampino, published a list of all ancient volcanic eruptions known from Mediterranean historical sources. Their list included a persistent dust veil or dry fog that darkened the sky for about a year in 536-37 C.E., bringing about a cold, drought, and food shortages in the Mediterranean area or, as it has since been claimed all over the northern hemisphere. Several ancient writers, such as Cassiodorus, Prokopios, John Lydos, and some Syriac chronicles, refer to the dark cloud. Somewhat surprisingly, these sources had been overlooked by classical scholars for a long time.” ¹

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