The final days of Pompeii
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Today on the History Extra podcast, we're going to return to Jess Venner and Kev Lotchen with our latest Sunday series exploring the dramatic, catastrophic final days of Pompeii. Once a thriving Roman city, life stopped suddenly in Pompeii in every day. AD 79 when the volcano Vesuvius erupted, burying its inhabitants and preserving the city under layers of ash. I'm Kevlochan and I'm joined by Dr. Jess Venner, a Roman historian and a Pompeii expert.
Jess, welcome back. Thank you. It's a slightly darker episode today. It is a bit. This time we are talking about the 24 hours in which everything changed, in which Vesuvius erupted.
Jess, as a As a way to start, we're going to be telling the story with the help of two men who we've heard very brief about already. Both of them are called Pliny. Could you introduce us to him? Who are they?
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