[PDF] Vesuvius Ad 79 eBook

Author : Russell Roberts
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 26,58 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 1612288634

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One peaceful August day in A.D. 79, the people of Pompeii were going about their business—baking bread, eating lunch, lounging in the afternoon heat. Suddenly there was a great explosion, and tons of rock, ash, and gas were spewed into the air. Mount Vesuvius was erupting! In just 19 hours, most of the inhabitants were dead, and a layer of ash had buried the city. This is the story of what happened to the advanced city of Pompeii on that fateful day—and how we’ve learned about its people and culture thousands of years later by digging through the deadly ash.

Author : Ernesto De Carolis
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 11,17 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780892367191

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This fascinating account of the destruction of Pompeii & Herculaneum begins with details of the preceding seismic activity & includes the eyewitness account of Pliny the Younger, whose eminent uncle died while helping victims escape the destruction.

Author : Russell Roberts
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 39,31 MB
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1545749515

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Describes the events that occurred on the day Mt. Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the city of Pompeii in 79 A.D.

Author : Lauren Tarshis
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 37,66 MB
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0545662869

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The beast beneath the mountain is restless... No one in the bustling city of Pompeii worries when the ground trembles beneath their feet. The beast under the mountain Vesuvius, high above the city, wakes up angry sometimes -- and always goes back to sleep.But Marcus is afraid. He knows something is terribly wrong -- and his father, who trusts science more than mythical beasts, agrees. When Vesuvius explodes into a cloud of fiery ash and rocks fall from the sky like rain, will they have time to escape -- and survive the epic destruction of Pompeii?

Author : Eugene J. Dwyer
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 15,32 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Archaeology and history
ISBN : 0472117270

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An intriguing look at contemporary views regarding the casts of victims from Mt. Vesuvius' eruption

Author : Fergus Mason
Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 25,76 MB
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1629171344

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Pompeii was one of most advanced cities of its time; it had a complex water system, gymnasium, and an amphitheater. Despite it's advancements, there was one thing it wasn't ready for: Mount Vesuvius—the volcano that led to its ultimate doom. The 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius was one of the worst disasters in all of European history. In a near instant, over 15,000 people were dead and a city was completely destroyed. This book looks at the rise, fall, and rediscovery of the great city of Pompeii.

Author : Pedar W. Foss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 49,19 MB
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1000557189

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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 AD 79. 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.

Author : Vic Parker
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 19,97 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781410922762

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Pompeii was in one of the most crowded parts of Italy. In the busy town there were housed, shops, workshops, a theater, temples, sports grounds, and even a swimming pool. Then a massive volcanic eruption destroyed it all. The town lay buried for centuries before diggers exposed secrets of ancient Roman life. Timelines, a glossary, ideas for research, and suggestions for future reading are included in this exciting read about life in ancient Roman times. This book explains how archaeologists have pieced together the evidence of the eruption.

Author : Charles R. Pellegrino
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 17,25 MB
Release : 2005-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0060751002

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A fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World Trade Center disaster. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which obliterated the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was a disaster that resounds to this day. Now palaeontologist Charles Pellegrino presents a wealth of new knowledge about the doomed towns – and brings to vivid life the people, their last moments, and the aftermath. The lessons learned from modern scrutiny of that ancient eruption produce disturbing echoes in the present. Dr Pellegrino, who worked at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack, shares his unique knowledge of the strange physics of volcanic 'downblast' and 'collapse column', drawing a direct link from past to present, and providing readers with a poignant glimpse into the last moments of the 'American Vesuvius'.

Author : Daisy Dunn
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 12,23 MB
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1631496409

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“A wonderfully rich, witty, insightful, and wide-ranging portrait of the two Plinys and their world.”—Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his thirty-seven-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. Grieving his loss, Pliny the Younger inherited the Elder’s notebooks—filled with pearls of wisdom—and his legacy. At its heart, The Shadow of Vesuvius is a literary biography of the younger man, who would grow up to become a lawyer, senator, poet, collector of villas, and chronicler of the Roman Empire from the dire days of terror under Emperor Domitian to the gentler times of Emperor Trajan. A biography that will appeal to lovers of Mary Beard books, it is also a moving narrative about the profound influence of a father figure on his adopted son. Interweaving the younger Pliny’s Letters with extracts from the Elder’s Natural History, Daisy Dunn paints a vivid, compellingly readable portrait of two of antiquity’s greatest minds.