Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (AD 79)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius_(AD_79)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:volcanic_activity
gptkbp:ashFall over 20 miles
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Stabiae
gptkb:Pompeii
gptkb:Herculaneum
gptkb:Oplontis
gptkbp:contemporaryAccount letters of Pliny the Younger
gptkbp:date AD 79
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Stabiae
gptkb:Pompeii
gptkb:Herculaneum
gptkb:Oplontis
gptkbp:duration about 2 days
gptkbp:eruptionHeight up to 33 km
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eruption of Mount Vesuvius (AD 79)
gptkbp:impact archaeological discoveries
cultural legacy
climate effects
gptkbp:location gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Mount_Vesuvius
gptkb:Campania
gptkbp:notableEyewitness Pliny the Younger
gptkbp:notableVictim Pliny the Elder
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:artifacts
human remains
Roman towns
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Destruction_of_Pompeii
Destruction of Herculaneum
gptkbp:significance one of the deadliest eruptions in European history
gptkbp:studiedBy archaeologists
volcanologists
gptkbp:type Plinian eruption
gptkbp:victim thousands
gptkbp:volcanicOrigin gptkb:Mount_Vesuvius
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Early_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7