Sunday, December 31, 2006

Hva er Vesuv?

Vesuv er en blogg for notater og vedlegg til Plinius og Pliny the Librarian. Den vil, som vulkanen, bare være aktiv med lengre mellomrom.
Vesuv is an appendix to Plinius and Pliny the Librarian. It contains notes and materials supporting the blog posts.
Plinius den eldre døde under utbruddet av Vesuv i 79 e.Kr. Han var korpulent, kortpustet og overmåte vitebegjærlig - og beordret skipet sitt for nær land, der det var mye vulkanske gasser.

Resultat: han fikk åndenød og døde. Hans nevø, Plinius den yngre, beskrev hendelsen i et berømt brev til den store romerske historikeren Tacitus.
Plinius (the elder Pliny) died during the eruption of Etna i 79 AD. He was rather stout, short of breath and extremely inquisitive - in this case a deadly combination. He was in charge of the Roman fleet at nearby Misenum - and ordered his ship too close to the shore. A sudden gust of gas was too much for him. His nephew, Pliny the Younger, described the event in a famous letter to the great historian Tacitus.

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