Pliny the Younger

who claim that they are not real and are just a product of really good marketing for scary movies, or a “trend”, this is the first reason why they actually exist. The first ghost sighting was written by a recognized Roman author and statesman Pliny the Younger, in the first century A.D. (History Staff). His stories were widely recognized because of its details while talking about how an old man with chains, was haunting his house (History Staff). Right now, it…

Pye’s thesis for he claims that it was those people who lived beyond the imperial reach who created the circumstances and the tools for what we consider modernistic. It starts with the Frisians, with a change of climate and the fall of Rome. Pliny the Younger had mentioned that there were people on the edge of the world who lived cut off from the mainland by marshes. They were sea people, he announced, and all they had in their lives was fish, so they were not…

had solid lava on the top of it so all the lava inside built up and made the volcano erupt. The fumes and ashes suffocated many people. People were burned and died and the town was devastated. A vivid description of the eruption was given by Pliny the Younger who was 18 at the time. He watched this disaster from 20 miles away. His uncle sailed to Pompeii to try to save some friends but…

Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius On August 24 around noon in 79 AD, a massive eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius began to cause a catastrophic damage that we still talk about today. It happened in the town of Pompeii. An estimated 20,000 people died that day. They died the most horrible death. Very few people escaped the red lava and gassy fumes. How did this come to be on this day? Were there any warnings? What would happen if Mount Vesuvius erupted today? Where is Mount Vesuvius located? Mount…

situated near modern Naples in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum were destroyed in the Mt Vesuvius eruption that occurred just after lunch on the 24th August 79AD. Evidence for the destruction came from a letter by Pliny the Younger, who saw the eruption from a distance and described the incident. " There was daylight by this time, but they were still in darkness, blacker and denser than any ordinary night.." The graffiti ,buildings, social life In related to…

Greek word ὄνυξ (pronounced exactly like its Latin counterpart), which means ‘claw’ or ‘fingernail’. The similarities of the stone’s colors in black, white, and shades of grey in brown to that of fingernails and claws might have inspired the name. Pliny the Elder wrote about the different types of onyx and techniques for altering it in Naturalis Historia, which he was still working on when he died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Roman soldiers would carry sardonyx carved with an…

He was also known to have made sacrifices in the honor of fallen comrades after victories in battle. He himself was the chief agent in these sacrifices since he was the “Pontifex Maximus” or “High Priest” (Pollen). Letters between Trajan and Pliny the Younger show Trajan’s views on Christianity. During that time, Christianity mainly appealed to women and slaves. Trajan restrained would-be persecutors and insisted that all Christians be given fair trials. He even forbade anonymous letters of…

a ruling position. He states that a woman can be ordained a deaconess if she is faithful and holy, for the ministries toward women. Furthermore, that position is one strictly of service and women can teach younger women, but is not a ruling position.10 He also referenced a letter that Pliny wrote to the Roman emperor Trajan in which he mentions deaconesses in the Eastern churches. Oppenheimer admits there are references in church history to women ruling over men. However, he insists that…

Pompeii and Herculaneum had many influences over the years. Greek, Egyptian and even their own, Roman. In some way they all work together and form bonds, connecting one to another and it works, but how does it? Can burial practices in Italy reflect upon the Egyptians? The Temple of Isis located in Italy but originally also from Egypt they connect, and make more connections through paintings, sculptures and the main one, belief and ceremonies. The most amazing thing about this though is how all…

Many Emperors during the Roman Empire ruled with power. They used the military force to keep their subjects under control by instilling fear in the people. However, not every Roman Emperor ruled through power. Trajan, the emperor from 98-117, ruled through a combination of benevolent acts and decisive action. He used the power of the military to expand the borders of the empire and fix inflation, but he designed and promoted policies to improve the living conditions and job opportunities of the…