Article ID: CBB000001990

Science in the silver age: Aetna, a classical theory of volcanic activity (1979)

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Description The poem Aetna, written prior to 79 A.D., is examined for its geological doctrines, and as an example of Roman “science”.


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Authors & Contributors
Dean, Dennis R.
Willmoth, Frances
Wartnaby, John
Stothers, Richard B.
Sleeswyk, André Wegener
Sivin, Nathan
Concepts
Geology
Measuring instruments
Plague
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
20th century
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