First-Hand Account of the Destruction of Pompeii // Pliny The Younger, Primary Source

Podcast: History's Living Voices: The Past, Told by Those Who Lived It · HLV

Opublikowano: 2026-10-24

Here we have Pliny the Younger's account of the heroic death of his famous uncle Pliny the Elder in the chaos of a volcanic eruption, the same that flattened Pompeii - as related to the legendary Roman historian Tacitus in one of his numerous letters. Uploaded 11-08-19 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 an accompanying...