The actions of the flagellants likely caused the plauge.
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By the time Rome was emerging as the great ancient Western power Babylon was practically in ruins.
The kingdom went into decline from the mid-16th century CE when the Portuguese, put off by the interference of Kongo's regulations on trade, moved their interests further south to the region of Ndongo. The latter kingdom had already defeated a Kongo army in 1556 CE.
