Vesuvius: a biography
Exploring this celebrated wonder from scientific, historical, and cultural perspectives, Vesuvius provides a colorful portrait of a formidable force of nature.--From publisher's description.
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| Zusammenfassung: | Exploring this celebrated wonder from scientific, historical, and cultural perspectives, Vesuvius provides a colorful portrait of a formidable force of nature.--From publisher's description. |
| Beschreibung: | IX, 342 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9781903544259 |
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Contents
Preface viii
Acknowledgements x
і
Introduction
1
Ancient settlements; Foreign rule; Authority questioned; Further reading
2
Campanian volcanoes: in the beginning
11
Campania; The
Campi Flegrei
volcanic field; The growth of
Somma—
Vesuvius; The eruptions of
Somma—
Vesuvius before
1631;
Further reading
3
The Avellino eruption: a prelude to Pompeii
29
Two skeletons from the early Bronze Age; An early Bronze Age village;
Calm after the Avellino eruption; Somma-Vesuvius just before AD
79;
Fur¬
ther reading
4
The eruption in AD
79:
the day of wrath
39
Roman Campania; The Roman Empire in AD
79;
The Pliny family; The
two letters of Pliny the Younger; Damaging earthquakes; Pompeii; Hercu-
laneum; The southern flanks of Vesuvius:
24
August AD
79,
morning;
Misenum:
24
August AD
79,
noon; Rectina asks for help; Enquiry and
rescue:
24
August, afternoon; Pompeii:
24
August, afternoon and evening;
Stabiae:
24
August, evening; Herculaneum:
24—25
August; Oplontis:
25
August; Pompeii:
24-25
August: the day of wrath; Stabiae:
25
August, dawn;
Misenum:
24—25
August; Victims of the eruption; Aftermath; Aid; Further
reading
CONTENTS
5 Front
antiquity to the Renaissance: tall stories
87
Limitation of sources; Eruptions from AD
79
until
685;
More persistent activ¬
ity,
с
AD
787-1139;
Dormant Vesuvius; Further reading
6
The eruption of Monte
Nuovo: a
new approach
115
An intellectual change; Spanish rule; Pozzuoli and Tripergole; Warnings of
an eruption; The eruption begins: Sunday
29
September
1538;
The effects
of the eruption on Pozzuoli; A calm interlude: Tuesday
1
October to Thurs¬
day
3
October; Thursday afternoon,
3
October; Marchesino explores: Friday
4
October; Sunday
6
October; The aftermath; Further reading
7
The eruption in
1631:
the Counter Reformation
135
The wages of sin; Vesuvius in
1631;
Real, unrecognized and imaginary
warnings from Vesuvius; The eruption begins: Tuesday
16
December; Exo¬
dus; The viceroy acts:
16
December; Flight from Torre del Greco; The first
religious procession, Tuesday,
16
December; A drumroll; The night of
16—
17
December; Pyroclastic flows: Wednesday
17
December; The pyroclastic
flows reach Torre del Greco; Tsunamis; The procession on Wednesday
17
December; The processions on Thursday
18
December; The floods at
Noia:
Thursday
18
December; Rescue and recovery?; Friday
19
December; The
waning phases of the eruption; Refugees and sinners; Results of the erup¬
tion; Future generations; Further reading
8
The old cities rediscovered: antiquity protected
173
Old stones come to light; Excavations begin; Excavations at Pompeii; The
role of Giuseppe Fiorelli; Further reading
9
Hamilton and Vesuvius: volcano-watching
185
Questions of pedigree; The envoy in Naples; Trespassing on Vesuvian ter¬
ritory; The eruption of
1766;
The eruption of October
1767;
The volcanoes
of the
Campi Flegrei
and Etna;
Campi Phlegraei;
The eruption of
1779;
The
eruption of June
1794;
Enter Nelson; Hamilton as a volcanologist; Further
reading
CONTENTS
10
Vesuvius as a tourist attraction: the Grand Tour
227
Picturesque, sublime and classical; The view of Vesuvius from Naples; The
trip to the foot of Vesuvius; Old lavas; Molten lavas; The cone and its crater;
Descent; Further reading
і
1
Persistent activity
1822—
í
944:
scientific scrutiny
245
The eruption of
1822;
The eruption of
1872;
Agitation
1875-1906;
The
eruption of
1906;
The eruption of
1944;
Further reading
12
The
Campi Flegrei:
an eruption that failed
279
La Solfatara;
Bradyseismic movements; Planning for the next eruption; Fur¬
ther reading
13
The future: the eruption to be avoided
289
The past is the key to the future; Warning signs; When will Vesuvius erupt
again?; What will be erupted?; The contingency plan for Vesuvius; Com¬
munications and public awareness; The special problems of Campania; Some
counter-suggestions; Relocation; Further reading
Appendix
1 309
The two letters of Pliny the Younger to Tacitus about the eruption of AD
79
Appendix
2 314
Cassiodorus: Variae Epistolae, letter
50
Glossary
316
Bibliography
319
Index
331 |
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