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Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius by Pedar William Foss is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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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
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Pedar William Foss
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781000557183
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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