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"Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius is a forensic examination of two of the most famous letters from the ancient Mediterranean world, Pliny the Younger's Epistulae 6.16 and 6.20, which offer a contemporary account of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. These letters, sent to the historian Tacitus, provide accounts by Pliny the Younger about what happened when Mt Vesuvius exploded, destroying the surrounding towns and countryside, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, and killing his uncle, Pliny the Elder. This volume provides the first comprehensive full-length treatment of these documents, contextualized by evidence-rich biographies for both Plinys, and a synthesis of the latest archaeological and volcanological research which answers questions about the eruption date. A new collation of sources results in a detailed manuscript tradition and an authoritative Latin text, while commentaries on each letter offer copiously referenced insights on their structure, style, and meaning. Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius offers a thorough companion to these letters, and to the eruption, which will be of interest not only to those working on Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum, and the works of Pliny, but also to general readers, Latin students, and scholars of the Roman world more broadly"--
Pliny, --- Vesuvius (Italy) --- Eruption, 79. --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Gaius --- Gaius Plinius Secundus Minor --- C. Plini Caecili Secundi --- Pline le Jeune --- Plinius de jongere --- Plinius der Jüngere --- Caius Plinius, --- Gaĭ T︠S︡et︠s︡iliĭ Pliniĭ Sekund, --- Gaj Plinije, --- Kaĭ Pliniĭ T︠S︡et︠s︡iliĭ Vtoroĭ --- Pline, --- Pliniĭ, --- Plinio, --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, C. --- Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Caius --- Plinius, Caius, --- Correspondence.
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Excavations (Archaeology) - Italy - Pompeii (Extinct city) --- Excavations (Archaeology) - Italy - Herculaneum (Extinct city) --- Excavations (Archaeology) - Italy - Naples, Bay of, Region --- Pompeii (Extinct city) --- Herculaneum (Extinct city) --- Naples, Bay of, Region (Italy) - Antiquities, Roman --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Naples, Bay of, Region (Italy) --- Naples, Bay of (Italy) --- Bay of Naples (Italy) --- Golfo di Napoli (Italy) --- Gulf of Naples (Italy) --- Naples, Gulf of (Italy) --- Ercolano (Extinct city) --- Herculaneum (Ancient city) --- Italy --- Pompei (Extinct city) --- Pompeii (Ancient city) --- Antiquities, Roman --- Antiquities, Roman. --- Antiquities --- Pompeii (Extinct city). --- Herculaneum (Extinct city). --- Pompéi (Ville ancienne) --- Herculanum (Ville ancienne)
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