Vesuvius A D 79

Author : Russell Roberts
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781612288635

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Mt. Vesuvius and the Destruction of Pompeii, A.D. 79 by Russell Roberts Pdf

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,Giovanni Patricelli
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0892367199

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Vesuvius, A.D. 79 by Ernesto De Carolis,Giovanni Patricelli Pdf

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 : Lauren Tarshis
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545662864

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I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (I Survived #10) by Lauren Tarshis Pdf

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 : Russell Roberts
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781545749517

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Mt. Vesuvius and the Destruction of Pompeii, A.D. 79 by Russell Roberts Pdf

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

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0892369000

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Ashen Sky by Anonim Pdf

Barry Moser's extraordinarily detailed and evocative relief engravings decorate this translation of Pliny the Younger's two famous letters to Tacitus about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and the death of his uncle, Pliny the Elder. Printed in black and white, the engravings are works of art that illustrate various descriptions in the letters. The text includes a brief description of the eruption of the volcano, concise biographies of Tacitus and of both Plinys, and a summary of how the texts of the two letters have survived until today.

Author : Victoria Parker
Publisher : Raintree Publishers
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07
Category : Pompeii (Extinct city)
ISBN : 1406203009

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Pompeii AD 79 by Victoria Parker Pdf

The 'When Disaster Struck' series looks at some of the worst disasters in history. This book explores the history of the Roman town of Pompei, which was destroyed in A.D. 79 when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

Author : Daisy Dunn
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631496400

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The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny by Daisy Dunn Pdf

“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.

Author : Victoria Parker
Publisher : Raintree Publishers
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Pompeii (Extinct city)
ISBN : 1406202908

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Pompeii AD 79 by Victoria Parker Pdf

Describes the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and what its rediscovery and excavation has revealed about daily life in the Roman Empire. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

Author : Eugene J. Dwyer
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Archaeology and history
ISBN : 9780472117277

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Pompeii's Living Statues by Eugene J. Dwyer Pdf

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

Author : Raleigh Trevelyan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UVA:X002083889

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The Shadow of Vesuvius by Raleigh Trevelyan Pdf

Author : Robert Harris
Publisher : Random House
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409021650

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Pompeii by Robert Harris Pdf

PRE-ORDER PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW - PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024 'A pulse-rate-speeding masterpiece' Sunday Times 'A stunning novel . . . the subtlety and power of its construction holds our attention to the end' The Times During a sweltering week in late August, as Rome's richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum, there are ominous warnings that something is going wrong. Wells and springs are failing, a man has disappeared, and now the greatest aqueduct in the world - the mighty Aqua Augusta - has suddenly ceased to flow . . . Through the eyes of four characters - a young engineer, an adolescent girl, a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris brilliantly recreates a luxurious world on the brink of destruction. 'As explosive as Etna, as addictive as a thriller, as satisfying as great history' Daily Telegraph

Author : Pedar William Foss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Vesuvius (Italy)
ISBN : 1032225416

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Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius by Pedar William Foss Pdf

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.

Author : Fergus Mason
Publisher : BookCaps Study Guides
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781629171340

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Pompeii by Fergus Mason Pdf

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 : Ernesto De Carolis,Gianni Patricelli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 8882652416

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Vesuvius A.D. 79. The destruction of Pompei and Herculaneum by Ernesto De Carolis,Gianni Patricelli Pdf

Author : Wilhelmina Mary Feemster Jashemski,Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski,Frederick G. Meyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521800544

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The Natural History of Pompeii by Wilhelmina Mary Feemster Jashemski,Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski,Frederick G. Meyer Pdf

The sudden destruction of Pompeii, Herculaneum and the surrounding Campanian countryside following the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 preserved the remarkable evidence that has made possible this reconstruction of the natural history of the local environment. Following the prototype of Pliny the Elder's Natural History, various aspects of the natural history of Pompeii are discussed and analyzed by a team of eminent scientists, many of whom have collaborated with Jashemski during her years of excavation of several gardens in the Vesuvian area. This volume brings together the work of geologists, soil specialists, paleobotanists, botanists, palaeontologists, biologists, chemists, dendrochronologists, ichthyologists, zoologists, ornithologists, mammalogists, herpetologists, entymologists, and archaeologists, affording a thorough picture of the landscape, flora, and fauna of the ancient sites. The detailed and rigorously scientific catalogues, which are copiously illustrated, provide a checklist of the flora and fauna upon which future generations of scholars can continue to build.