[DOC] [TLE] Pliny the Elder - Wikipedia [PAR] Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23  August 25, AD 79), better known as Pliny the 
Elder was a ... Pliny the Elder died on August 25, AD 79, while attempting the 
rescue by ship of ... Pliny's dates are pinned to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 
79 and a .... Pliny's interest in Roman literature attracted the attention and 
friendship of... [DOC] [TLE] Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 - Wikipedia [PAR] The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD was one of the most catastrophic 
volcanic eruptions in European history. Historians have learned about the 
eruption from the eyewitness account of Pliny the Younger, a Roman ... Some of 
the damage had still not been repaired when the volcano erupted. The deaths of 
600 sheep... [DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #64, aired 1984-12-06 [PAR] When you're blooming with health, you're "in" it. $200, 10. He killed Cock Robin ... 
Pliny the Elder, Roman geologist, died while observing this volcano erupting... [DOC] [TLE] Pompeii  a Geological Movie-Review : Let the Games begin... but ... [PAR] Mar 18, 2014 ... It's probably one of the most famous volcanic eruptions of all times  the 79 ... is 
based on two letters from the Roman author Pliny the Younger to Tacitus, ... Pliny 
the Elder, uncle of Pliny the Younger, who died during the eruption. ... 
Considering that the grapes mature in early autumn this observation also... [DOC] [TLE] Eruption! - USGS - USGS Publications Warehouse - U.S. Geological ... [PAR] Nov 21, 2014 ... eruption. Pliny the Elder as model volcano observer. Pliny the Younger wrote 
letters to a friend, the Roman historian Tacitus, describing his ... Pliny the. Elder, 
during the Mount Vesuvius eruption of A.D. 79. ... cities and killed 3,360 people. 
... observations, he would have made an excellent geologist. Pliny's... [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - Pompeii: Portents of Disaster [PAR] Mar 29, 2011 ... Why were people unprepared for the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius if ... It is 
mainly thanks to the vivid eye-witness account of the younger Pliny (a Roman 
administrator ... the elder Pliny was relaxing, after a bath and lunch, when 
Vesuvius ... They were adept, for example, at observing 'portents' in the shape... [DOC] [TLE] The Destruction of Pompeii, 79 AD - EyeWitness to History [PAR] The elder Pliny was an official in the Roman Court, in charge of the fleet in the ... 
late August 79 AD when the eruption of Vesuvius obliterated Pompeii, killed his... [DOC] [TLE] Pliny the Elder - Roman Literature - Quatr.us [PAR] He lived during the end of the Julio-Claudians and into the Flavian period, and ... 
Pliny the Elder died in the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy... [DOC] [TLE] Pliny the Elder - PBS [PAR] Solder, lawyer and writer, Pliny the Elder's (23  79 AD) research into the natural 
world formed the basis of ... He died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. [DOC] [TLE] Natural History: Lyell's Pillars of Wisdom.(Charles Lyell)(includes ... [PAR] Pliny the Elder (23-79 A.D.) wrote a massive compendium entitled Natural History
, ... while serving as commander of the Roman fleet in the Bay of Naples, Pliny ... 
Pliny sailed toward the volcano, both to observe more closely and to render aid. 
... for the open fields, and died by asphyxiation in the same eruption that buried... [DOC] [TLE] Aug. 24, A.D. 79: Vesuvius Buries Pompeii | WIRED [PAR] Aug 24, 2009 ... A.D. 79: Mount Vesuvius erupts on the Bay of Naples, raining down fire and 
death from the skies. ... Erupting Volcanoes Seen From Space  Pliny the Elder 
was a Roman official in charge of the naval fleet in the bay. ... to the advent of the 
Renaissance, when actual scientific observation and experimentation... [DOC] [TLE] Pliny the Elder - Crystalinks [PAR] Pliny the Younger, his nephew, wrote of him in a letter to the historian Tacitus: ... 
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Question: Pliny the Elder, Roman geologist, died while observing this volcano erupting
Answer: Vesuvius