Vesuvius M.
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: N. Purcell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: N. Purcell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Nov 20, 2019 10:20 PM
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History
A stratovolcano located in the Gulf of Naples, Vesuvius stands to an elevation of 1,281 m (4,203 ft). It is notable in historical terms for its eruption of AD 79 in which numerous settlements, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, were destroyed.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433189
40.8228645, 14.4280779
- OSM location of Mount Vesuvius (modern)
- DARE Location (unspecified date range)
- Vesuvius M. (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- None
- Puteolanus Sinus/Crater connection Vesuvius M. (unspecified date range)
mountain, volcano
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- "Vesuvio o Vesevius" In Treccani Enciclopedie on line
- BAtlas 44 F4 Vesuvius M.
- Connors, C. 2015. " In the Land of the Giants: Greek and Roman Discourses on Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Field." Illinois Classical Studies 40:121-37.
- Frederiksen 1984 6-8
- Hamilton, W. and P. Fabris. 1776. Campi Phlegraei : observations on the volcanos of the two Sicilies, as they have been communicated to the Royal Society of London.
- New Pauly, Vesuvius
- Smith 1854 (Perseus), VESUVIUS MONS
- Wikipedia (English) Vesuvius
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 F4 Vesuvius M.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Monte Vesuvio
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Vesuvius M.: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433189> [accessed: 09 December 2019]
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