Citanda: How Did the Victims of Vesuvius Die?
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Since I seem to have a wonky internet connection this a.m., I’ll link to this very interesting blog post based on:
a study just published in PLoS ONE by Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo, Pierpaolo Petrone, Lucia Pappalardo and Fabio Guarino, entitled Lethal Thermal Impact at Periphery of Pyroclastic Surges: Evidences at Pompeii.
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv kalendas quinctilias
ante diem iv kalendas quinctilias
- 4 A.D. –the future emperor Tiberius adopts his nephew Germanicus
- 202 A.D. — martyrdom of Irenaeus at Lugdunum
- c. 202 A.D. — martyrdom of Potamiaena
- 1701 — Death of Thomas Creech (translator of various Latin poets)
