Extensive and damaging floods were known to have ravaged the vicinity of Rome during the reign of the Roman emperor, Nerva (r. 96-98 CE). A contemporaneous statesman, lawyer, finance expert, and government official named Pliny the Younger (c. 61/62-113) witnessed it with his own eyes, and he made sure to describe the natural disaster in … Continue reading A First-Hand Account Of A Flood In The Ancient City Of Rome