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# Pliny the Elder
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Silent Witnesses: 9 Astounding Revelations About the Bodies Discovered at the Pompeii Volcanic Explosion
Of the many natural disasters that ravaged the ancient world—from famines and plagues to floods and earthquakes—the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD is one of the only ones we know about…
Ancient History
7 Things You Didn’t Know About the Tragic Town of Pompeii and the Volcanic Eruption That Destroyed It
Mount Vesuvius is hundreds of thousands of years old and is the only volcano on mainland Europe that has erupted…
Disaster
This Day In History: Vesuvius Erupts And Destroys Pompeii (79 AD)
On this day, Mount Vesuvius near Pompeii, Italy, then part of the Roman Empire starts to erupt in 79 A.D.…