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The linked article teases the claim[0] that 100 million people perished due to the Plague of Justinian, while Wikipedia[1] places the highest estimate[2] at 50 million.

[0] "Estimates believe 100 million people died during this time which was half the world population."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian

[2] "Some historians believe the plague of Justinian was one of the deadliest pandemics in history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 25–50 million people during two centuries of recurrence, a death toll equivalent to 13–26% of the world's population at the time of the first outbreak."