Vesuvius, AD 79
The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum
by Ernesto De Carolis and Giovanni Patricelli
Hardback (Out of print)
(January 2003)
ISBN: 9788882651992
Price: $30.00
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In A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius exploded in a hail of volcanic rock, sending clouds of fine ash and deadly gases over surrounding towns and farms and burying every trace of life. Two thousand people in nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum died within hours. The authors present a fashinating account of the seismic and volcanic activity leading up to this cataclysmic event, as well as a detailed description of the eruption itself and its aftermath.
Introduction
Somma-Vesuvius: The Campanian Plain
Volcanic Activity
Chronology of the Eruptions of Vesuvius
Backdrop for the eruption: Literary, Iconographic and Volcanological Sources Related to the Somma-Vesuvius in the First Century A.D.
The Sarno River
The Coastline in the First Century A.D.
The Hill of Pompeii
The Promontory of Herculaneum
The Stabian Site
Urbanization of the Territory
Foreshadowing events between 62 and A.d. 79: Preface
The Earthquake of A.d. 62
Seismic Activity between A.D. 62 and 79
The Eruption: Preface
An account of the Eruption in Pliny's Two Letters
The Effects of the Eruption in Pompeii and Stabiae
The Effects of the Eruption in Herculaneum
The Final Phase of the Eruption
The discovery of human bodies: The Discovery of Human Bodies in Pompeii
Pompeian stories and legends: The Sentry of the Herculaneum Gate
The Lady of the Jewels
Pompeian Dogs
The Priests of the Temple of Isis
The Matron of the House of the Faun
The Victims of the House of Menander
Groups in Flight
Arria Marcella
The Group of the Nucerian Gate
Principal Eruptions of Vesuvius from 25000 years ago until 1631
Principal Eruptions of Vesuvius from 1631-1944
Glossary of Volcanology
Selected Bibliography.
- By (author) Ernesto De Carolis
- By (author) Giovanni Patricelli
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