Connect the man on the right to the event on the left. There is a slightly obscure technical term that owes its origin to the connection. Brownie points if you get it too.Answer: The painting depicts the last day of Pompeii before it got buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Pliny the Elder who was a naval officer in a nearby area at that time attempted to sail into Pompeii both to observe the eruption directly and to help some friends who were stuck there. He met his demise in the city that day though not due to any effect of the volcano. The common assumption is that he had a heart attack while in Pompeii. In volcanology, eruptions of a certain degree of violence are characterized as Plinian in his honor (Krakatoa was an ultra-plinian). Hari, Srivats, Mekie, P (great answer for the technical term), Corina and Manix got it. Well done.
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Last Day of Pompeii, Pliny the Elder
PLiny the elder ; The Last Day of Pompeii
Pliny died amongst the ruins of Pompeii when Vesuvius destroyed the city in AD 79.
Pliny is still remembered in volcanology where the term Plinian (or Plinean) refers to a very violent eruption of a volcano marked by columns of smoke and ash extending high into the stratosphere. The term ultra-Plinian is reserved for the most violent type of Plinian eruption such as the 1883 destruction of Krakatoa.
Left: The Last Day of Pompeii
Right: Pliny the Elder
technical term: 'plinian' eruption -- volcanic eruption similar to that of Vesuvius that killed Pliny (and destroyed Pompeii).
the last battle of pompeii by Karl Briullov
Pliny the Elder died on August 25, AD 79 during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that also destroyed Pompeii
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Painting: "Last days of Pompeii" by Karl Briullov, depicting the eruption of Vesuvius, which killed Pliny the Elder (right). Technical term, maybe Plinian eruptions based on connection.
Elder Pliny and Pompeii. The term is Plinian?
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