User talk:Pfoss

Vesuvius and the Eruption of AD 79

Hello;

I'm writing with regard to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius_in_79_AD

I've just finished a 9-year project on the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79, and the Letters of Pliny the Younger about that event. The book will be published by Routledge in March 2022. The book offers a number of corrections and clarifications to the nature, sequence, and date of the eruption, and the evidence for each.

I have posted some results on my professional blog: https://quemdixerechaos.com/2022/01/07/the-date-of-the-ad-79-vesuvius-eruption-in-the-textual-sources/

This link contains a video presented last week to the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. It explains why the Aug. 24 date is what was recorded in the written sources. There is also a link to the book at the publisher's website.

There has been much debate about the date recently; this book project has been an effort to clear that up.

I have not previously engaged in any requests for edits on Wikipedia, so I would be grateful for any assistance that can be provided, in order to provide the public with the most recent and sound arguments and evidence.

Sincerely,

Pedar W. Foss Professor of Classical Studies DePauw University Greencastle, IN USA