Pliny the Younger

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Roman author of letters describing Vesuvius eruption

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Jeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · The Most Devastating Tragedies in History 💔🌍 | Disaste... · 3:48 · 17 Sep

…We have an eye witness account of this, because a young Roman named Pliny the Younger watched the whole thing unfold from across the bay, and later wrote it all down, which makes him simultaneously one of history's most valuable witnesses, and a man with an extremely memorable family vacation story.…

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Mark GagnonCamp Gagnon · DISTURBING Secrets Hidden in Pompeii · 17:47 · 9 Sep

…Specifically Pliny the Younger.…

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Bryce CrawfordThe Bryce Crawford Podcast · Bradley Martyn Questions Christianity (EP 214) · 54:58 · 3 Aug

…And the way that they record it being cloudy and dark and the veil being torn, you have guys like Cornelius Tacitus and Pliny the Whiny and all these guys who still today, historians today look back at their historical texts for more than just Christian affirmation.…

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Valeria LuiselliBetween The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry · Valeria Luiselli : Beginning Middle End · 2:25:02 · 27 Jul

…And he was soaking in a bath and his young……

Dr. Jess VennerScience Friday · How do you piece together what life was like in Pompeii? · 8:59 · 20 Jul

…And this is the date that's been given to us……

Dr. Anthony DelaneyAfter Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal · History's Greatest Ghosts with Uncanny's Danny Robins · 18:17 · 22 Jun

…So tell us a little bit about Pliny the Younger.…

Dr. Jessica VennerThe Ancients · The Last Days of Pompeii · 46:23 · 26 Apr

…We also have Pliny the Younger's letters to Tacitus explaining……

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