yes pliny did. years after the volcanoe erupted, pliny the younger wrote to his friend tacitus about what happened.
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.
mate...Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD due to a build up of felsic magma within the volcano
Approximately 2,000 people died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Mount Vesuvius famously erupted on August 24, AD 79, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under a thick layer of volcanic ash and pumice.
Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae were the cities that were mainly affected. The most famous city would be Pompeii.
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.
Pliny the Younger witnessed the 79AD eruption of Vesuvius. Here are some of his descriptions on the volcano that destroyed Pompeii. "Meanwhile on Mount Vesuvius broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several points, their bright glare emphasized by the darkness of night".
the eruption of mout vesuvius happened in 79AD
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Mt Vesuvius erupted in 79ad
Pompei was the city that was buried - Mt Vesuvius erupted in 79AD
Pompeii was overwhelmed in 79AD by the lava flows from the volcano Vesuvius.
mate...Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD due to a build up of felsic magma within the volcano
Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D.
pompeii had an eruption of mount vesuvius in 79AD on the 24th of august.
Yes. Mount Vesuvius has a long history of eruptions. Its most famous eruption was in 79AD. Its most recent eruption was in 1944.
Mt. Vesuvius's first recorded eruption was in 79AD which destroyed Pompeii and the last 1944.