Anne and Jim travel south geographically and backwards in time to the eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, witnessed by Pliny the Younger. <a href='http://pompeii.virginia.edu/pliny.html'>Cynthia Damon's translation of Pliny's letters on Pompeii</a> <a href='https://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~gabi/sio15/lectures/volcanoes/vesuvius-map2.jpeg'>Map of Vesuvius, Misenum, Herculaneum, and Pompeii</a> <a href='https://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~gabi/sio15/lectures/volcanoes/pliny.html'>Pliny's letters from Volcanoes of Europe</a> by Scarth and Tanguy

Anne and Jim travel south geographically and backwards in time to the eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, witnessed by Pliny the Younger. Cynthia Damon's translation of Pliny's letters on Pompeii Map of Vesuvius, Misenum, Herculaneum, and Pompeii Pliny's letters from Volcanoes of Europe by Scarth and Tanguy

Anne and Jim travel south geographically and backwards in time to the eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, witnessed by Pliny the Younger. <a href="http://pompeii.virginia.edu/pliny.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cynthia Damon's translation of Pliny's letters on Pompeii</a> <a href="https://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~gabi/sio15/lectures/volcanoes/vesuvius-map2.jpeg" rel="noopener noreferrer">Map of Vesuvius, Misenum, Herculaneum, and Pompeii</a> <a href="https://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~gabi/sio15/lectures/volcanoes/pliny.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pliny's letters from Volcanoes of Europe</a> by Scarth and Tanguy

Ep. 32: Pliny the Younger - Pompeii

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