Dickinson College Commentaries

Sketch of Bay of Naples in 79AD showing the approximate route taken by Pliny the Elder

basic sketch of the bay with Pliny's route indicated

Geological and structural sketch of the Campania region

Map of Bay of Naples showing fault lines

Vultus image by Bani Gourab

Colored pencil drawing of facial features. Top left corner: a brown eye behind rectangular glasses, black eyebrow, and dark skin; below it, 3 tear drops. Top right: light-skinned closed eye with a brown eyebrow. Middle of page: a pair of dark brown lips, curved in a slight smile. Right and slightly above, a dark brown nose and two yellow exclamation points; below them is a red mustache. Bottom left an unknown v-shaped red object; next to it a tan nose. Far right an open mouth with red lips; below a blue eye

Verbum image by Bani Gourab

Colored pencil drawing of a cartoon word bubble. In the middle is the latin word "verbum" in green surrounded by several more English, French, German, Ancient Greek, Latin, and other words written in pencil and outlined in yellow, blue, green, and pink. On the right edge of the image, slightly overlapping the bubble are drawn a page of lined paper and a yellow pencil with pink eraser.

Ultimus image by Bani Gourab

Colored pencil image a landscape. Three snow-covered mountains are in the background, the center slightly taller. Puffy clouds and a few snowflakes are in the sky. A dirt road winds through a green field in the foreground and up the center mountain. Two large black and white checkered flags are drawn behind the mountain on either side and a red location marker hand over the peak. The word "ultimus" is written above.

Timeō image by Bani Gourab

Colored pencil drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a sweater with a green and black diamond pattern over a white collared shirt. The person's face is only visible to the bottom of the eyes. They are clutching at their chest with their right hand, sweating and breathing heavily. A heart is drawn on top of their chest in red and blue; curved lines radiating from it denote it beating. Spiky lines are drawn behind their head and at bottom. The words "timeo, timere" are written at bottom.

Sentiō image by Bani Gourab

Sapiēns image by Bani Gourab

Ōlim image by Bani Gourab

Colored pencil drawing, of the back cover of an open book is in the bottom right. It's illustrated with a pointed wizards hat. A black magician's wand is laid across it; a green ribbon book mark dangles from the spine. A red timeline pointing to the right runs across the book cover from the left of the page. Another timeline is drawn above the book pointing left. Half a clock is visible at the left of the page. The abbreviations "AD," "BCE," "CE," and "BC" are visible on the page. "Olim" is written at top.

Ōdī image by Bani Gourab

Colored pencil drawing with "odi" written across the top. The "o" in "odi" is depicted by a splattered red tomato. "Odisse" is written in red-outline letters at bottom. In the middle of the image are two more splattered tomatoes, two yellow thumbs down symbols, two one-star rating images, two encircled red "x" symbols, and a large green graph arrow plummeting downward.