Re: How did the scientists know Pompeii was actually named Pompeii.

Date: Fri Dec 11 12:02:26 1998
Posted By: Dan Berger, MadSci Admin
Area of science: Science History
ID: 913142330.Sh

Message:


Pompeii was a reasonable-sized city in the Roman Empire, which kept very good 
records. It is mentioned in quite a number of contemporary records, and its 
destruction was recorded in an account by an eyewitness, Pliny the Younger. (His 
father, Pliny the Elder, was observing the eruption and was killed by the
fumes!)

                         Dan Berger
                         MadSci Admin

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