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=Pompeii and the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius: Primary Sources=

Literary Sources
The only literary source we have about the eruption of Pompeii comes from the letters of Pliny the Younger to Tacitus, a historian.

Read Pliny's letter to Tacitus in Latin at [|The Latin Library]. (Scroll down to sections 16 and 20.)

Read Pliny's letter to Tacitus in English at the [|Ancient History Sourcebook]. You want the letters numbered LXV and LXVI.



Non-Literary Sources
The art and artifacts excavated in Pompeii and Herculaneum are also primary sources. You will find photographs and descriptions of these objects in the books, articles, multimedia, and online sources in other parts of this pathfinder.