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The eruption of 79 is described in detail by [[Pliny the Younger]] in a letter to the historian [[Tacitus]].  
 
The eruption of 79 is described in detail by [[Pliny the Younger]] in a letter to the historian [[Tacitus]].  
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==Books==
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{{Bookinfo
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| title=The Complete Pompeii
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| author=Joanne Berry 
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| date=2007
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| publisher=London: Thames & Hudson
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| ISBN=9780500051504
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| worldcat=
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| comment=256 pages with color illustrations. [[BMCR]] [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2008/2008-03-33.html review]
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{{Bookinfo
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| title=Gladiators at Pompeii
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| author=Luciana Jacobelli. Tran. Mary Becker
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| date=2003
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| publisher=Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum
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| ISBN=0892367318
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| ISSN=
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| worldcat=
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| comment=Originally published in Italian, L'Érma di Bretschneider 2003. 128 pages. [[BMCR]] [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-07-59.html review]
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{{Bookinfo
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| title=The Lost World of Pompeii
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| author=Colin Amery, Brian Curran Jr. Pp. 192.  ISBN
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| date=2002
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| publisher=Los Angeles: Getty Publications
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| ISBN=0892366877
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| worldcat=
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| comment=Introduction by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. 192 pages. [[BMCR]] [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2004/2004-01-19.html review].
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{{Bookinfo
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| title=Pompeii: The Last Day
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| author=Paul Wilkinson
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| date=December 30, 2004
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| publisher=BBC Books
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| ISBN=0563522399
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| comment=Paperback
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===Pliny===
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{{Bookinfo
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| title=The Letters of the Younger Pliny
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| author=Pliny the Younger (Author), Betty Radice (Introduction, Translator)
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| date=1963
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| publisher=Penguin Classics
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| ISBN=0140441271
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| comment=Paperback, 320 pages. The standard English translation.
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| name=[[User:M. Lucretius Agricola|Agricola]]
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{{Bookinfo
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| title=Ashen Sky: The Letters of Pliny The Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius
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| author=Pliny
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| date=September 17, 2007
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| publisher=Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum
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| ISBN=0892369000
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| worldcat=
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| comment=Hardcover, 40 pages. This slim volume features Barry Moser engravings.
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| name=[[User:M. Lucretius Agricola|Agricola]]
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A city on the Bay of Naples, destroyed by an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE.

The eruption of 79 is described in detail by Pliny the Younger in a letter to the historian Tacitus.

Books

The Complete Pompeii

9780500051504.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Joanne Berry. (2007). London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500051504
256 pages with color illustrations. BMCR review
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Gladiators at Pompeii

0892367318.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Luciana Jacobelli. Tran. Mary Becker. (2003). Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum. ISBN 0892367318
Originally published in Italian, L'Érma di Bretschneider 2003. 128 pages. BMCR review
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

The Lost World of Pompeii

0892366877.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Colin Amery, Brian Curran Jr. Pp. 192. ISBN. (2002). Los Angeles: Getty Publications. ISBN 0892366877
Introduction by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. 192 pages. BMCR review.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Pompeii: The Last Day

0563522399.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Paul Wilkinson. (December 30, 2004). BBC Books. ISBN 0563522399
Paperback
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Pliny

The Letters of the Younger Pliny

0140441271.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Pliny the Younger (Author), Betty Radice (Introduction, Translator). (1963). Penguin Classics. ISBN 0140441271
Paperback, 320 pages. The standard English translation. Contributed by Agricola
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Ashen Sky: The Letters of Pliny The Younger on the Eruption of Vesuvius

0892369000.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Pliny. (September 17, 2007). Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum. ISBN 0892369000
Hardcover, 40 pages. This slim volume features Barry Moser engravings. Contributed by Agricola
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA
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