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Pliny the Elder & Pliny the Younger and there also is Julius Polybius and lucius Caecilius Iucundus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly known as Seneca the Younger, and Pliny the Younger were not alive at the same time, but their lives did overlap slightly. Seneca was born around 4 BCE and died in 65 CE, while Pliny the Younger was born in 61 CE and died around 113 CE. Therefore, they were contemporaries for a brief period during the early years of Pliny's life, but Seneca had already passed away by the time Pliny was fully engaged in his literary and public career.
Pliny the Younger
That'd be Pliny the Younger.
Written accounts, specifically Pliny the Younger
Pliny the Younger died in 112 AD, at age 51.
Yes, Pliny the Younger survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. As he described in a letter to the historian Tacitus, Pliny the Younger and his mother fled from their home in Misenum, escaping by ship across the Bay of Naples to safety.
Pliny the Elder wrote a detailed account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, describing the dark cloud, ash fall, and devastation caused by the eruption. He also mentioned his nephew, Pliny the Younger, who witnessed the event and described it in his own letters.
It is said that he collapsed and died through inhaling poisonous gasses from the eruption of Vesuvius. The cause of death is really unknown, he may have been asthmatic and the volcanic fumes contributed to his death
Pliny the Elder & Pliny the Younger and there also is Julius Polybius and lucius Caecilius Iucundus
The term "Plinian eruption" was named after the Roman author and philosopher Pliny the Younger. Pliny the Younger witnessed and described the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which inspired the classification of explosive volcanic eruptions known as Plinian eruptions.
Pliny the Younger was living in Misenum, a Roman town located across the Bay of Naples from Mount Vesuvius, when the eruption occurred in 79 AD. He observed the eruption from a safe distance and later wrote detailed accounts of the disaster.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly known as Seneca the Younger, and Pliny the Younger were not alive at the same time, but their lives did overlap slightly. Seneca was born around 4 BCE and died in 65 CE, while Pliny the Younger was born in 61 CE and died around 113 CE. Therefore, they were contemporaries for a brief period during the early years of Pliny's life, but Seneca had already passed away by the time Pliny was fully engaged in his literary and public career.
Pliny the Younger
Pliny the Younger.
Pliny the Younger was born in what was then called Novum Comum, which is known today as Como, Northern Italy.
There were no known eyewitnesses to the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD that buried Pompeii. However, the eyewitness accounts of Pliny the Younger, who observed the eruption from a distance, provide valuable insights into the event. Archaeological evidence also helps reconstruct what happened during the eruption.