Ashen Sky: The Letters of Pliny the Younger on the Eruption of VesuviusBarry Moser's extraordinarily detailed and evocative relief engravings decorate this translation of Pliny the Younger's two famous letters to Tacitus about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and the death of his uncle, Pliny the Elder. Printed in black and white, the engravings are works of art that illustrate various descriptions in the letters. The text includes a brief description of the eruption of the volcano, concise biographies of Tacitus and of both Plinys, and a summary of how the texts of the two letters have survived until today. |
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Front Cover | |
Introduction | 7 |
The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius | 9 |
Copyright | |
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A.M. on August ASHEN SKY August 25 August A.D. 79 BANDS OF FLAMES Barry Moser Bay of Naples BEGGED FOR DEATH Betty Radice Bithynia-Pontus buried called a pyroclastic Campania century A.D. CLOUD OF UNUSUAL collapsed darkness DENSE BLACKNESS LOOMED earthquakes Emperor Trajan English and Latin engraved blocks eruption ended Eruption of Mount eruption of Vesuvius fear friend Tacitus GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS gas and particles German Haraldur Herculaneum kilometers an hour lapilli and ash Loeb Classical Library major eruption manuscripts Misenum mother Mount Vesuvius mountain night nuée ardente PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS Pliny edited Pliny greets Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pliny's Letters Pliny's two letters Pompeii Pomponianus public career included pyroclastic flow pyroclastic material Rectina rhetoric Roman Rome Secundus Pliny SECUNDUS was born square kilometers surge survived terrifying pitch-black cloud Titus town Translated by Betty uncle uncle's death Vesuvius in A.D. volcano Wood engraving