Describes the design, economy, food and drink, homes, gardens, culture, destruction, and ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the two cities buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
a new look at the last days of Pompeii, how the towers fell, and other strange connections
Pellegrino, Charles R
2004
Looks at what modern forensic archaeology has revealed about the everyday lives of the citizens of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the days before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed the twin cities, and applies the lessons of volcano physics to draw parallels between the ancient disaster and the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
the letters of Pliny the Younger on the eruption of Vesuvius
Moser, Barry
2007
Describes the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and the survival of letters written by Pliny the Younger; profiles the lives of Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger, and Tacitus; and contains English translations of the two letters which chronicle the events surrounding the eruption and the death of Pliny the Elder, accompanied by reproductions of relief engravings by Barry Moser.
Young engineer Marcus Attilius Primus, placed in charge of the Agua Augusta, sets out for Pompeii in an effort to fix the problems that have been plaguing the enormous aqueduct, but he soon learns there are natural and man-made forces working against him.
Describes the destruction of the city of Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, and how its rediscovery nearly 1700 years later provided information about life in the Roman Empire.
Young engineer Marcus Attilius Primus, placed in charge of the Agua Augusta, sets out for Pompeii in an effort to fix the problems that have been plaguing the enormous aqueduct, but he soon learns there are natural and manmade forces working against him.
A description of the city of Pompeii and the daily life of its citizens immediately before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and an account of the calamity which abruptly ended the life of this prosperous town.
Describes the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. and how its rediscovery nearly 1700 years later provided information about life in the Roman Empire.
