Pliny the Younger Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Epistles concerning the eruption of Mount Vesuvius==== Pliny wrote the two letters describing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius approximately 25 years after the event, and both were sent in response to the request of his friend, the historian [[Tacitus]]. The first letter outlines the events preceding the death of [[Pliny the Elder]] during the attempted rescue of his friend Rectina. The second letter details the Younger's movements across the same period of time. The two letters have great historical value due to their accurate description of the Vesuvius eruption; Pliny's attention to detail in the letters about Vesuvius is so keen that modern [[volcanologist]]s describe those types of eruptions as "[[Plinian eruption]]s".<ref name=USGS>{{cite web|url= http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/images/pglossary/PlinianEruption.php |title= VHP Photo Glossary: Plinian eruption |work= United States Geological Survey |access-date=June 8, 2010}}</ref><ref>Pliny the Younger, Epistles, 6.16 and 6.20</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page