Pliny the Elder

In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted spewing 7 million tons of debris on Pompeii. Pompeii had a population of about 20,000 and was a trading center as well as a vacation destination. The rich and poor lived together. The day before the eruption, a festival, dedicated to Vulcan, the god of earthquakes and fire was held. An initial explosion of ash, pumice, and rocks destroyed buildings and knocked out people. Many fled to public buildings, which offered better protection, but they along with others…

In The History Of Hygiene Is Not Everything Clear The history of personal hygiene - it is the history of different countries, peoples, ages, religions. It is a fascinating story of how under the influence of different climatic, biological, religious, medical factors changed the way people think about the care of their own bodies. Ancient East. Usually there are two main components of the sanitary traditions of the peoples and countries of the Ancient East: the use of incense, perfumes and…

Some try to say that this did not happen but Carrasco says there is proof that it did happen. Carrasco provides, “The reliable documentary evidence found in the writings of Bernardino de Sahagun based on extensive interviews with Aztec elders in the decades after the fall of Tenochtitlan neveress tells us that sacrifices took place every month at various temples and altars…” (Carrasco pg. 63). As described through this book, the Aztec empire was very strong, which made the fall of the…

torture him with in his youth. The Lobster Telephone also alludes to Dalí’s fear of locusts through the lobster. The etymology of the term, “lobster”, is traced back to the Roman ages with the scholar, Pliny the Elder. The term originates from the Latin root for “locust”, locusta. In addition, Pliny referred to the lobster as the “locust of the sea” in his work, Natural History. These similarities between the lobster and locust are also expanded to physical resemblance. Therefore, the usage of…

I. Introduction Mount Vesuvius is the most famous known volcano, possibly of all time. This extremely powerful volcano sits overlooking the ancient city of Pompeii and present day Naples. Its namely recognition is normally dedicated to the eruption in 79 A.D. This eruption was the explosion that destroyed the ancient city of Pompeii in Italy. The last Vesuvius eruption was in 1944 and it is believed that the volcano is due for another eruption in the near future. Vesuvius is the only active…

Another famous ancient Greek weight lifters were Bybon and Eumastas, who lived in the early 6th century B.C. (Crowther, 1977). A sandstone block weighing 315 pounds (143.5 Kg), with a carved out handgrip, was found at Olympia (Figure 6). The stone bore the engraving of the inscription, “Bybon son of Phola, has lifted me over his head with one hand.” another stone, that was even larger (1056 pounds, 480 Kg), found on the island of Santorini, had the inscription, “Eumastas, the son of…

of the skies and commander over the elements. Using a thunderbolt as a weapon, Jupiter could prove his holiness. Pliny the Elder wrote of his thunderbolt saying they “are the fires of the three upper planets.” The second symbol of Jove is the eagle. It is written that the eagle was used as Jupiter’s personal messenger. Though it has some other meanings as well. Pliny the Elder wrote that the eagle served as one of the signa militaria (military symbols). The eagle was also used in the…

Religions are often viewed as ridged and overly tradition, and not willing to accept the influence of others. Through the discourse of interpretatio Graeca this article argues that religions are in fact adaptable and heavily influenced by each other. This comparative article looks at the roles and functions of Di Indigetes Mater Matuta, alongside her Greek and Roman equivalents. The concepts of interpretatio Graeca and the deity Mater Matuta are exclusively analysed along the lines of space,…

An upper limb amputees is an individual who has lost an arm due to a trauma or disease that has an adverse affect on the limbs. Amputees are patients that cannot perform everyday functions like they were use to doing before. Advancement of cutting-edge technology with innovations in mechanical, electrical, and software design could give them something to look forward to in the near future. This paper gives an overview of the future of sonomyography, the morphological changes of a muscle being…

helped many people who mourned. Titus was greedy with his economy but took his role as an emperor to aid citizens responsibly. Titus offered majority of his wealth to try and rebuild the buildings. Figure 4 presents a group sent by a man named Pliny the Elder called the Roman Navy, notified people around different places near Mt Vesuvius to evacuate when they saw the volcanic debris coming down from the sky. People know this rescue mission through…