Pliny the Younger

(Ball). In 79 A.D. Vesuvius erupted for the first time destroying Pompeii and killing a lot of people. Pliny the Younger’s writing is still read today as a historical writing over the eruption of Vesuvius. With Pliny the Younger being Pliny the Elder’s nephew the family relation may lead the writing one way more than the other. Even though Pliny the Younger made Pliny the Elder seem like a hero, Pliny the Elder could have went over to the volcano because of his curiosity. Mount Vesuvius stood 6, 500

Cilo best known as Pliny the younger was a lawyer, author and magistrate ( a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.) for Ancient Rome. Pliny has written hundreds of letters and many of them can be found or what we would call "surviving," a lot of these letters provide insight to how things were in the time they were written. Some of Pliny the Younger 's letters were addressed

paths; one which speaks of the beliefs and the miracles that one experiences of watches and one attempting to understand those who have decided to follow such a religious path. In his letters Pliny the Younger dwells on the question of how to deal with Christians and their practices. Throughout his writing, Pliny seems to be in awe of why people would choose to hold Christian beliefs

Dear Departmant of Italian Conservation I have written this letter because I have been informed you plan to build a high rise apartment complex on the sight of the pompeii city. I wish to diswade you from making a choice that will affect one of the greatest archiolocical dicoveries ever made. My name is George Fletcher and I over see the mediteranian arciological dicoveries. I work for the MCPD the Medertaeranion Culteral Preservation Department. Pompeii has given us so much unwritten history

Before uniting the entire Pompeiian society, people first had to come to terms with other individuals with the same economic standing as themselves. Banquets served as perfect opportunities for Pompeiians to meet and invoke conversation with people of their same class and status. When Pompeiians hosted banquets, they would invite people of similar, or the same economic status. Banquets gave people a chance to discuss news, or any other topic they wished to talk about with other Pompeiians who they

The definition of home is a subjective topic that I will only be able to touch the rim of for the word goes far beyond what is written. Home can be a lot of different things. Home can mean a whole lot of things to a whole lot of people. It can be the place the you grew. It can be the place where you sleep at night. Home can be here and there. Home can quite frankly be anywhere. Home can be a structured place with a roof and a bed. Home can be a place you just stepped into or in can be a place you

The following morning, a Portkey deposited Fleur at the iron gate protecting Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft. She made her way to her apartment where a small but well-placed living room featured a large window overlooking Hogwarts’ Quidditch pitch and a fireplace built into a bordering wall. A bookcase, end table, couch, and two plush chairs filled the room. To Fleur’s left, a kitchenette snuggled aside a short hallway leading to her bathroom and bedroom. She began immediately and worked

assigned in Natural History by Pliny. In those sections Pliny talks about the womb, animals which have suet, the marrow, bones and the nerve. Furthermore, the paper will also include a short biographical section on who Pliny was, and an assessment of whether or not he is advancing further knowledge on the subject or merely repeating what he has heard. Summary The 11th book, volume 2 of the naturalis historia begins with an elaborate description of the womb. According to Pliny, every woman and some animals

A collection of correspondences titled the “Letters Between Pliny the Younger and Emperor Trajan” offers a glimpse in to the Roman and Christian interactions in the second century from the perspective of the Romans. Approximated to have been written almost a century earlier than the Passion of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas, the governor writing to emperor Trajan expresses uncertainty of how to deal with the Christians settled in his province. The emperor’s response is crucial in clarifying how Romans

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus or Pliny the Younger was a roman aristocrat at the height of the Pax Romana. The Pax Romana was a time of stability and peace throughout the roman empire. There was very minimal military activity. His letters give us a view into the perspective of the roman aristocrat as well as an insight into roman society. The letters also give a perspective of the lives of roman women during this time. Roman society was a very patriarchal during the Pax Romana and women were considered