The New York Times on Mar. 2, 2025 ran a story about attempting to fix the precise date of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/science/volcano-vesuvius-pompeii.html

They consulted with me on the story, and I’m glad to see they represented the arguments and evidence pretty fairly. This fall I’ll be delivering a keynote address at an international colloquium on the topic:
21-23 Nov., 2025, Sorrento and Pompeii:

ERA D’AUTUNNO, IO NO, NUN MME NE SCORDO
79 d.C. questioni di metodo e di umanità
convegno internazionale intorno all’eruzione del Vesuvio

“IT WAS AUTUMN, I DON’T, I NEVER FORGET ABOUT IT
79 AD questions of method and humanity
international conference on the eruption of Vesuvius.”

There’s a call for papers for the colloquium that closes on 15 March. Here’s the circular: