The actions of the flagellants likely caused the plauge.
Answer:
In the Roman Republic, there were two classes - patricians and plebeians. Patricians had full authority, which plebeians didn't accepted. They fought for their rights, and gained them. That is why Roman Republic transformed in total.
Explanation:
Patricians were wealthy landowners who were bringing all major decisions. Plebeians who were mostly poor wanted some type of representative in the government. They retreated from the city, thus making patricians to accept some of their requests. Among the other things, they could vote, enter the Senate, even take the role of consuls.
When Alexius I Komnenoi implored the pope (Urban II) for help, he meant it to reconquer the lost Byzantine lands (and therefore return in to their de facto ruler, a.k.a., the Byzantines). Urban however, decided to merely use that as a façade in order to then invade the Muslims, and retake the holy land.
He also saw the wanted to unite Christianity as a whole (All the sects at the time, Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Paulicianism, Iconoclasts, etc. into a single conglomerate, fighting a common enemy.)
1. Rome
2. Athens and Sparta
Hope this helps! :D
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