CLA160H1 Lecture : CLA160 Pompeii
Document Summary
Pompeii november 16th y pithekoussai (island of ischia); earliest greek colony; nestor s cup y cumae: 1st mainland greek colony; later oscan, roman. Sejanus y misenum: m. agrippa made it the primary roman naval base (classis misenensis) in 27 bc; Pliny set sail from here on his last rescue. Pompeii key sources: y pliny the younger y tacitus on the death of uncle during the eruption of vesuvius, 79 ce y of course; archaeological remains of vesuvius eruption y y some historical references to pompeii. Pliny the younger & elder y elder author of encyclopaedic natural history y younger: burgess: adopted by his uncle plinyknown as pliny the elder and the. Herculaneum y another major site affect by the eruption y much smaller than pompeii. Vesuvius, pompeii ad 79 y 400 skeletons in pumice layer (plinian eruption) y 700 cavities in pyroclastic layer y 1000 more unfound? y ca.
