Roxana Cooper Wrote:
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> Poor Pliny, and his poor mother! It must have been
> a horrific experience and they, though they didn't
> know it, were actually relatively safe. Pliny's
> uncle, originally named Pliny the Elder, died
> trying to rescue inhabitants of the seaside
> villas. It sounds like poisonous gases released by
> the eruption got him. His age and physical
> condition must have made him more vulnerable as
> others with him survived.

As you say, it must have been awful ... [en.wikipedia.org]

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