Context of letters
The letters were published by this person
Pliny the Younger
The month Pliny says the eruption occurred in
August
They knew Pliny had gone to sleep due to this
the sound of his loud and heavy breathing (snoring)
Pliny the Younger had this item with him.
A book
the poet who remembered the cities buried below
Statius
The letters were written to this person
Tacitus
The cloud from Vesuvius was described as like this.
A pine tree
This was the reason they decided to leave the villa of Pomponianus
severe tremors shaking buildings side to side.
Pliny described this when referring to the sea retreated from the shore. (and answer is not Tsunami)
many sea creatures on the dry sand
The people were all here, according to Cassius Dio
the theatre
The letters were written this many years after the eruption
20
Pliny did this when he arrived at his friends villa to show people he was not concerned
Had a bath
The reason given for the death of Pliny the Elder
He died from fumes obstructing his breathing as we had a weak throat.
What Pliny states is either steadfastness or stupidity
Staying in open area of house between buildings
The impact the ashes had on Rome
brought fearful sickness, like a plague on them later
The role Pliny the Elder held in Misenum in AD79
Command of the Roman Naval Fleet
The reason Pliny the Elder couldn't stop to rescue people
The debris from eruption in water near the shores
Pliny the Elder gave this as the reason for the evidence of flames on the mountain
That they were only abandoned fires left by peasants
Who was Pliny quoting when he writes "Although my mind recoils from remembering"
Virgil, Aeneid
Author of Life of Titus
Suetonius
The highest political position Pliny the Younger achieved
Consul
The two abilities that Pliny says that his uncle is most blessed to have
had ability to write something worth reading & did something worth being written about.
Complete this: "a letter is written to a friend, history is written for ..."
Everyone
the 2 reasons that Pliny's mother gave for why he should leave her behind
she was aged and 'burdened with weight'
The name of the group of past consuls to help Campania
Guardians for the Re-establishment of Campania