The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79 caused one of the deadliest volcanic events in European history, destroying several cities including Pompeii and Herculaneum. The actual date of the eruption is now in doubt, with a recent discovery suggesting it may have occurred on October 24. The excavation at the Regio V site in […]
Economic historians study the history of economic and business patterns and practices, using theoretical and statistical models while grounding their work in specific historical events. The discipline emerged in the interwar years and has attracted both technocrats and ideologues. The rise of cliometrics in the 1960s saw a focus on rigorous statistical methods to understand […]
