The Tsunami of 365 // Ammianus Marcellinus // Roman Primary Source

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-24

An ancient disaster. Uploaded 04-06-19 Here we have Marcellus Ammianus' account of the tsunami that followed the great earthquake of 365 in Crete. Still commemorated in Alexandria three centuries on as a "day of horror", the tsunami devastated the coastline of the southern Mediterranean, across Libya and Egypt. How do we actually know about history? Voices of the Past is a channel dedicated to recreating the original accounts from the people who lived through events, or who lived far closer to them than we do today. We do this word for word, with...