APPENDIX 1 The two letters of Pliny the Younger to Tacitus about the eruption of AD 79

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface viii
4. Acknowledgements x
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. 2 Campanian volcanoes: in the beginning 11
7. 3 The Avellino eruption: a prelude to Pompeii 29
8. 4 The eruption in AD 79: the day of wrath 39
9. 5 From antiquity to the Renaissance: tall stories 87
10. 6 The eruption of Monte Nuovo: a new approach 115
11. 7 The eruption in 1631: the Counter Reformation 135
12. 8 The old cities rediscovered: antiquity protected 173
13. 9 Hamilton and Vesuvius: volcano-watching 185
14. 10 Vesuvius as a tourist attraction: the Grand Tour 227
15. 11 Persistent activity 1822–1944: scientific scrutiny 245
16. 12 The Campi Flegrei: an eruption that failed 279
17. 13 The future: the eruption to be avoided 289
18. APPENDIX 1 The two letters of Pliny the Younger to Tacitus about the eruption of AD 79 311
19. APPENDIX 2 Cassiodorus: Variae Epistolae, letter 50 316
20. Glossary 318
21. Bibliography 321
22. Index 333