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The Horsemen of the Apocalypse, in a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer (c. 1497–1498.), ride forth as a group, with an angel heralding them, to bring Death, Famine, War, and Conquest unto man. [70] Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Saint-Sever Beatus , 11th century.
The final level in NetHack features the three riders Death, Famine, and Pestilence as the game’s final bosses. The fourth rider, War, is assumed to be the player. In "Payday 2", there are a series of masks named Conquest, Death, Famine and War, with notes to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in their description.
War possesses pyrokinesis, Famine possesses hydrokinesis, Pestilence infects people with diseases, and Death possesses the death stare and can sense a spark of life in anyone. To celebrate their births, their maternal aunt, Isca the Unbeaten forged the Scarab, a sword in four parts.
Volkmar, a modern rationalist preterist, points to pestilence striking in year 66. [14] Historicist view. This rider signifies twenty years of fighting, famine and disease that plagued the reigns of Emperors Decius, Gallus, Aemilianus, Valerian, and Gallienus (248–268). [19] Futurist view. Spells death for one-fourth of the earth's inhabitants.
The Byzantine historian Procopius wrote, “men were free neither from war nor pestilence nor any other thing leading to death.” Public Domain / Wikipedia 2. 1348 – Black Death
Famine during the Cuban War of Independence: Cuba: 200,000 – 300,000: 1896–1902: Indian famine of 1896–1897 and Indian famine of 1899–1900 due to drought and British policies. [106] [107] [108] India: 2,000,000 (British territories), mortality unknown in princely states 1897–1901 Famine in East Africa, caused by drought and locust swarms.
Pestilence: disease in general, but especially consistent with the aftermath of battles. Conquest: manager of individual battles; Famine: starvation consistent with battles (although this incarnation has served Death/Thanatos on at least one occasion) Slaughter: a representation of the bloodshed associated with battles; The essentials formed a ...
The war in Ukraine is not the first to contribute to famine. One of modern history's most noted examples also involved Russia and Ukraine