The Destruction of Pompeii, 79 AD
Added: 28 Jul 2005
Contributor:
Scoilnet
Resource type:
Reference
An eyewitness account of the destruction of Pompeii. Two letters from the eighteen year old Pliny to Tacitus describing the first two days of the disaster provides a direct and graphic insight in to the lives of the people as they faced their death. Some advertising on site.
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies
Strand unit: Romans
Suggestions for use: An ancient voice reaches out from the past to tell us of this disaster, when in 79AD Mount Vesuvius literally blew its top, spewing tons of molten ash, pumice and sulfuric gas miles into the atmosphe
Strand: Early People /Ancient Societies
Strand unit: Romans
Suggestions for use: An ancient voice reaches out from the past to tell us of this disaster, when in 79AD Mount Vesuvius literally blew its top, spewing tons of molten ash, pumice and sulfuric gas miles into the atmosphe
