WHEN VESUVIUS BURIED POMPEII IN A.D. 79; The Younger Pliny's Account of the First Great Eruption. DARKNESS; RAIN OF ASHES Poisonous Vapor Which Killed the Elder Pliny -- Description of the Panic ...

Pompeii Experts Back Up Pliny’s Historical Account of Vesuvius Eruption. ... Pliny the Younger wrote two letters about the eruption the Roman historian Tacitus between 107 C.E. and 108 C.E..

The traditionally accepted date for the tragedy, August 24th, 79 AD, comes from the correspondence of Pliny the Younger, the only contemporary witness to document the catastrophe in his letters.

T he devastation of prosperous, unsuspecting Pompeii in a.d. 79 is the stuff of pathos. Vesuvius spared nothing and no one. Pliny the Younger’s blow-by-blow account is definitive. Suffice it to ...

Previous attempts at reconstructing the catastrophe have taken their cue from the writings of Pliny the Younger, who watched from across the Bay of Naples as his uncle – the celebrated ...

The original date of August 24th is derived from the letters of Pliny the Younger, who witnessed the eruption and documented his experiences. ... Pompeii excavations. (photo credit: Roman Babakin.

It has been nearly 2,000 years since the ancient city of Pompeii was destroyed, ... as even the ancient writer Pliny the Younger, who witnessed the eruption, mentioned earthquakes in his works.