earthquakes

Konstantine Panegyres/The Conversation The Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a little poem to an earthquake. He asked the quake not to destroy his house: Earthquake, most dread of all shocks … spare my new-built house, for I do not know of any terror equal to the quivering of the earth. Like us, ancient people had many things to say about natural disasters. So, what information did they leave behind for us, and what can we learn from them? The Story of Nicomedia One of the most vivid ancient accounts of an earthquake is found in the writings of the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (c. 330–395 AD). On August 24 358 AD, there was