Roar and fireball over Ischia

Obsequens says that on Aenaria (Ischia), at sunrise in 91 BC, a great noise was heard and a ball of fire appeared in the northern sky.

91 BCE · 40.73, 13.90 · status: legend

The sceptical view

A detonating bolide; Ischia is also volcanic, which may have coloured the report.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Julius Obsequens
2. Wikipedia: Ischia