Pedar W. Foss (Professor of Classical Studies at DePauw University

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Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius

Beschreibung

Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius is a forensic examination of two of the most famous letters from the ancient Mediterranean world, Pliny the Youngerâ s Epistulae 6.16 and 6.20, which offer a contemporary account of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Autor

Pedar W. Foss is Professor of Classical Studies at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana (USA). He is co-editor, with John J. Dobbins, of The World of Pompeii (Routledge 2007) and is an archaeologist who works on the ancient Bay of Naples and landscape archaeology. He has done fieldwork in Greece, Turkey, Tunisia, and Italy, and received his Ph.D. in Classical Art and Archaeology from the University of Michigan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 154mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9781032225418
• ISBN-10: 1032225416
• Artikelnr.: 69791537