today's trivia
Whose description of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD is foundational to modern volcanology?
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** Edited by EDGEMAN at 6/9/2026, 11:41:23 AM
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** Edited by RhinoVT at 6/9/2026, 9:16:45 AM
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Good info!
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opportunity to read copies of Roman text (letters, campaign ads, festival announcements, etc.) in their original form. Some of the examples were from Plenty the Elder and Plenty the Younger. The "story" for 1 of the textbooks (Latin I or Latin II...I forget which) was set in Pompeii. The eruption was "covered" in the last chapter of the textbook with actual photographs (including human remains) from the site. Keep in mind I was in 8th grade (middle school) in '91, so things are probably different than how they teach Latin today.
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Pliny the Younger was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Among his letters are two in which he describes the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August or October 24 in AD 79, during which his uncle, Pliny the Elder, died. Pliny the Elder had written the first encyclopedia.
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how he died. So everyone assumes he died somehow during the eruption. Given the excavation at Pompeii, it is possible they have either found his body (and haven't identified it) or it is still buried waiting to be discovered. It is just as likely his body was cremated along with the other unknowns lost to history at Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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Rumor has it he consulted with Mel Brooks on the 1000 Year Old Man bit
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