Pompeii and Herculeneum: Sources

Question 1

What Source talks about slaves in Pompeii?

Answer 1

“Poppaea Note, a freed woman of Priscus… had slaves of her own.

Pamela Bradley (Contemporary Historian)

Question 2

What was the Source that talked about the eruption of Mt. Versivus “I can best describe the shape (of the eruption cloud) by likening it to a pine tree.”

Pliny the Younger, from his first letter to his friend.

Answer 2

“I can best describe the shape (of the eruption cloud) by likening it to a Pine tree.”

Pliny the Younger, one of his letters to his friend.