For centuries, Pliny the Younger's accounts of when Mount Vesuvius erupted, bringing an end to Pompeii were gospel. But as scholars, researchers, and archaeologists continued to dig, finding ...

In the year 112, Pliny the Younger was faced with a dilemma. He was the governor in the Roman province of Bithynia (modern day Turkey) when a number of Christians were brought into his court.

The disaster began midday on August 24 or October 24, 79 CE, when Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending a cloud of volcanic fragments and gas into the air.

Solder, lawyer and writer, Pliny the Elder’s (23 – 79 AD) research into the natural world formed the basis of scientific authority for centuries to come. He died during the eruption of Mount ...

Letter-writer. Senator at Rome; governor of Bithynia-Pontus (109-111); patron of literature and the arts. Nephew of Pliny the Elder. The Letters Of Pliny The Consul: With Occasional Remarks. By ...

No.77 was tested again with an improved set of tracks in March of 1905. During this run, Benjamin and his nephew Pliny took the company photographer, Charlie Clements, out to the field to take ...

PLINIUS SECUNDUS Junior {fl. 6th-7th century AD} Plinius Secundus {Pliny}, Aurem opus et sublime, Pavia: B. de Garaldis, 1516. fol. 1r, woodcut, physicians attending a bedridden man Skip to main ...