Gaius Plinius

H.E.A.T.T. (History Education Advanced Through Technology) An idea sharing account for History teachers. Also home to Tweeting Pompeii. Tweets by @connectedtchr

[Quintus Iucundus @Quintus79AD]

@LucretiusMarcus @Gaius_Pansa @HEATT2016 If the Gods still care, I pray they have mercy on you my friends

[Marcus Lucretius @LucretiusMarcus]

@Gaius_Pansa I'm journeying as far as I can from the belching mountain. The Gods have not helped us @HEATT2016 https://t.co/DZvyNIPp8X

[Gaius Cuspius Pansa @Gaius_Pansa]

@HEATT2016 Breathing is becoming harder and harder. My throat's coarse from the hot air and ash. I feel weaker and weaker. I need posca now!

[Gaius Plinius @HEATT2016]

“@modestus79ad: #pompeii16 @HEATT2016 My bread survived Vesuvius. What did yours do? #eternalloaf” … lols #tweetoftheweek

[Gaius Plinius @HEATT2016]

#Pompeii16 … these citizens are to be admired for their contributions; @LucretiusMarcus @Gaius_Pansa @Quintus79AD @pedanius1 @modestus79ad 👍

[Gaius Plinius @HEATT2016]

#Pompeii16 … Did you know that the recent Pompeii film with Kit Harrington is on TV tonight?
Why not watch it and look for mistakes! 😳

[Gaius Plinius @HEATT2016]

#Pompeii16 Septima
My mother and I are setting out for Rome. All we can carry is panem garum et posca

[Aulus Restitutus @ARestitutus]

@HEATT2016 I fear your uncle may not make it the winds are too strong, his ship is unable to depart and he is not looking well

[Gaius Plinius @HEATT2016]

#Pompeii16 Secunda
Many citizens of Pompeii have surely been buried alive. I do wonder who else might have escaped… #safetyinnumbers

[Gaius Plinius @HEATT2016]

#Pompeii16 Secunda
I have still received no word of my uncle’s fate; no replies to my messages. I can only pray that someone may know …

[Gaius Plinius @HEATT2016]

#Pompeii16 Secunda
“Every object that presented itself to our eyes seemed changed, being covered deep with ashes as if with snow.”

[Gaius Plinius @HEATT2016]

#Pompeii16 Prima
We must flee Misenum. I wonder if people are still risking their lives to collect treasured possessions? What will be lost?

[Gaius Plinius @HEATT2016]

MT“@pedanius1: @HEATT2016 #Pompeii16 I would've fled but I can not leave people in pain” … so pleasing to see our respected physician return

[Gaius Cuspius Pansa @Gaius_Pansa]

@HEATT2016 People lie on the roadside gasping for air or weak with exhaustion. Many are dead and covered in ash. Where are the gods?

[Gaius Cuspius Pansa @Gaius_Pansa]

@HEATT2016 Pompeii looks quite buried by the debris from Vesuvius. The air is still thick with ash and pumice. One slave has died already.

[Gaius Cuspius Pansa @Gaius_Pansa]

@HEATT2016 From the hills I can see Pompeii in ruins. The sea is as black as ink. The ground is thick with ash and pumice. Vesuvius rumbles.

[Epaphra @EpaphraPompeii]

@HEATT2016 #Pompeii16 Sciens sine libertate tam turpe (die without knowing freedom, such a shame.)

[Marcus Lucretius @LucretiusMarcus]

Falling, crying, bleeding, a women tugs on my sleeve. She is hopeless, and I cannot save her. "Auxilium," she cried. #Pompeii16 @HEATT2016

[Gaius Plinius @HEATT2016]

#Pompeii16 Duodecima
It is surely time for Mother and I to flee … death will be victorious

[Modestus @modestus79ad]

I can hear women praying for death #pompeii16 @HEATT2016