History of smallpox centuries, the WHO certified the global eradication of smallpox in December 1979. Smallpox is one of two infectious diseases to have been eradicated, the other being rinderpest, which was declared eradicated in 2011. It has been suggested that smallpox was a major component of the Plague of Athens that occurred in 430 BCE, during the Peloponnesian Wars, and was described by Thucydides. Galen's description of the Antonine Plague, which swept through the Roman Empire in 165–180, indicates that it was probably caused by smallpox. Returning soldiers brought the disease home with them to Syria and Italy, where it raged for
Driven to Tears that the song "has the driving force of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac." Allmusic critic Chris True considers Summers' short guitar solo to be one of his best. Summers himself considered "Driven to Tears" one of the better songs Sting wrote that formed "the meat" of "Zenyatta Mondatta". A live performance ("circa" 1980) of "Driven to Tears" is the opening number of the film "Urgh! A Music War". Sting played "Driven to Tears" at the Live Aid concert in 1985. He also released a live version on his solo album "Bring on the Night" in 1986. That version included a solo