Pliny the Younger

We can see it from the correspondence between Trajan and Pliny . In 112 AD, Roman governor Pliny the Younger was sent by the emperor Trajan (r. 98-117) to the province of Bithynia on official business. During his visit, Pliny encountered Christians, and he wrote to the emperor about them. The governor indicated that he had ordered the execution of several Christians, "for I held no question…

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…

History and Science has showed us repeatedly that Mother Nature and Mother Earth are the true rulers of this world. The earth goes back over four billion years and the countless natural events that have occurred over this time have shaped the earth into the planet we live on today. Earth science is defined as the name for all sciences that collectively seek to understand Earth and the surrounding space. Lutgens and Tarbuck (2014) stated that Earth is a dynamic, ever-changing planet with internal…

79AD. They know the basic facts, such as how the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were covered with ash, how many, many people died because of the volcano eruption, and how the description we have of the eruption is from a letter written by Pliny the Younger (61AD-113AD). However, many students are not taught about what Roman life was like in Pompeii before the eruption of the volcano. The evidence that has since been recovered by excavations of the cities has shown a vast amount of artifacts…

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…

The morning of the first day was seemingly normal to the only witness to leave a surviving document, who was Pliny the Younger. At midday an explosion flung up a column where ash and pumice began to fall, covering the area. Rescues and escapes happened at this time. Sometime at night pyroclastic flows in the nearby surrounding area of the volcano began. Lights were seen…

city where he died in either 456 or 455 BC. Valerius Maximus wrote that he was killed outside the city by a tortoise dropped by an eagle which had mistaken his bald head for a rock which was hard enough for shattering the shell of the tortoise. Pliny the Younger said that Aeschylus had been staying outdoors to prevent a prophecy that said he would be killed by a falling object, but no one can say this is true or not, because this might just be a misinterpreted picture on his…

philosophers including Plato and Hippocrates. Plato discussing the concept of euthanasia in Republic and his opinions against the concept of ending ones life in Laws IX. Ref Book online. Further documentation during the Roman Empire by orator Pliny the younger and by the roman historian Suetonius. (Ref book 7). Euthanasia can be found in the scriptures of the Latin Christendom ?No man has authority over the day of death (Ecclesiastes 8:8), Clement of Alexandria challenged monks on the sin of…

and 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…

Is the Bible trustworthy based on what we know from history? Sources outside the Bible all confirm what the Bible says. Josephus was a Jewish historian and mentions Jesus several times. He notes Jesus’ role as a religious teacher and his death by crucifixion. Tacitus was a Roman historian and says Jesus lived during the N.T. times and that he was referred to as the “Christ” by His followers. Modern historians accept these two as reliable reporters and historians and neither one were Christians…