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Archaeological Evidence for Dating the Vesuvian Eruption

Gonzaga University College Hall 502 E. Boone Ave., Spokane, WA, United States

Dr. Pedar Foss (Depauw University) The text of Pliny’s letters for the eruption of Vesuvius may give one date, but what if that date is wrong? How else could we check? This talk follows on the lecture about manuscript and inscriptional evidence to look at the archaeological data for climate, sunlight, coinage, clothing worn by […]