Investigating a meteorite impact in Prati del Sirente: First indications from a small Christian Catacomb

Abstract

A rimmed lake was formed in a highly civilised region of Mt. Sirente, in the central Apennines during the fourth or fifth century AD. The most probable cause is a meteoritic impact and some indications from a local Christian catacomb may provide the first example in the world of a meteoritic impact with direct consequences on man.