Fury of Vesuvius

The Fury of Vesuvius Part Four: Ash Covers Misenum

Author: timetravelrome /

“Though my mind shrinks from remembering, I will begin.” Pliny the Younger quoting Virgil’s Aeneid Pliny the Younger and his mother, Plinia Marcella, watched with trepidation as the Roman navy sailed away from Misenum. Plinia was a widower. Her brother had taken her in and adopted his seventeen-year-old nephew as his son and heir. Now, the man of the household was heading into unknown [...]

2019-04-15T11:30:16+00:00April 15th, 2019|Categories: Top Destinations|Tags: , , , |

The Fury of Vesuvius Part Three: Trapped in Stabiae

Author: timetravelrome /

Falling rock and blocked shallows had forced Pliny the Elder and his navy from the shore at Herculaneum. Skirting the edge of the rock fall, they made their way down the coast to Stabiae, which lay south even of Pompeii. An area of numerous ornate villas, both for leisure and farm estates, it lay at the base of the peninsula. The blast from [...]

2019-04-11T23:54:58+00:00April 11th, 2019|Categories: Top Destinations|Tags: , , , |
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