The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 devastated Pompeii, killing thousands and burying the town in ash. While the event is a legendary part of history, scholars have long debated its specifics, including the date and the nature of the eruption. Recent research from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii proposes August 24 as the start of the disaster, supported by Pliny the Younger's accounts. The lack of original documents and numerous differing manuscripts complicate consensus, with scholars like Daisy Dunn playing a pivotal role in the ongoing discourse around this historical calamity.
"We no longer have the original letters, only translations and transcriptions of copies, the first of which was made in the fifth century A.D."
"Daisy Dunn, in her 2019 biography 'The Shadow of Vesuvius,' supports the date of August 24 based on textual analyses of Pliny's accounts."
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