Scary Prompts to Inspire Your Inner... Oct 27, 2009
This story takes place in Athens and was set down by Pliny the Younger over two thousand years ago. It is one of the first recordings of a haunted house. (Suite101.com)
People Meter: Craft beer enthusiasts Oct 14, 2009
Trey Bundy, Special to The Chronicle. Tuesday, October 13, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Scientists Measure The Rate Of Ascent Of Volcanic Magma Oct 9, 2009
The first description of a highly explosive volcanic eruption dates from the year 79 AD. In that year, the Roman author Pliny the Younger observed the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which buried the city of Pompeii under enormous amounts of ash and pumice. Pliny's description led later students of volcanology to name eruptions of this type after him. (Science Daily)
Pompeii and Everyday Romans in AD 7... Feb 28, 2009
In his eye-witness account of the disaster, Pliny the Younger referred to the region as the loveliest lands in the world; Surrounded by fertile land, the city produced wine and textiles ... Pliny the Younger, in a letter to the historian Tacitus, described the efforts of his uncle, Pliny the Elder, an admiral of the fleet, to rescue friends at the base of the mountain. (Suite101.com)
