Mount Vesuvius,
In 79 A.D.,
Exploded today.
Today is Vesuvius Day. Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae. I think most people have heard about Pompeii, and I’d heard about Herculaneum on PBS (I only half-watched the episode, so I don’t remember a lot about it besides that it was about this volcanic event), but I didn’t know about Stabiae until I read it on Holiday Insights. This one strikes me as unusual because it celebrates the destructive force of a volcano.
On a different note, I wonder about the day. What calendar were they on? Because I’m pretty sure it was a different one than ours. So, I wonder it this has been adjusted for that.
May 9, 2009 at 5:42 am |
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