A catastrophe remembered: a meteorite impact of the fifth century AD in the Abruzzo, central Italy

• Autores: Roberto Santilli, Jens Ormö, Angelo P. Rossi, Goro Komatsu
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 77, Nº 296, 2003, págs. 313-320
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A meteorite impact crater in the Sirente mountains, central Abruzzo has recently been dated to the four/fifth century AD. The author shows that this catastrophic event can be equated with a locally preserved legend which describes how local people saw a new star fall to earth during a pagan festival. Their conversion to Christianity was expeditiously effected …