[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 ... Some of the damage had still not been repaired when the 
volcano erupted. ... remaining there and altering the landscape, including the 
coastline. .... Pliny and his mother to return to their home and wait for news of 
Pliny the Elder. [DOC] [TLE] Mount Vesuvius - Wikipedia [PAR] Mount Vesuvius is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in 
Campania, Italy, ... Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led 
to the burying and ... Vesuvius has erupted many times since and is the only 
volcano on the ..... Though Pliny the Elder died, his friends ultimately escaped by 
land. [DOC] [TLE] Eruption of Mount Vesuvius begins - Aug 24, 79 - HISTORY.com [PAR] Advertisement .... On August 25, Pliny the Elder died, apparently overtaken by 
sulfur gases released ... It was the following morning when another, more 
powerful eruption killed ... Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing 
thousands. ... On August 24, 1967, 17 years after his first trip to the top of the pop 
charts,... [DOC] [TLE] Volcanic Case Histories - Tulane University [PAR] Sep 30, 2015 ... The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy in 79 A.D., the eruption of Mount ... A large 
cloud appeared above the volcano, growing rapidly, rising many thousands of 
meters and ... On the same morning that Pliny the Elder died, his sister and ... 
Pliny the Younger and his mother decided to leave their house and... [DOC] [TLE] The Destruction of Pompeii, 79 AD - EyeWitness to History [PAR] On August 24, 79 Mount Vesuvius literally blew its top, spewing tons of molten 
ash, pumice and sulfuric gas miles into ... during the eruption while he was 
staying in the home of his Uncle, Pliny the Elder. ... A few years after the event, 
Pliny wrote a friend, Cornelius Tacitus, .... Pliny died there in 113 at the age of 52 
or 53. [DOC] [TLE] Pompeii: the day a doomsday volcano wiped a city off the map | The ... [PAR] Dec 5, 2013 ... Its most famous eruption took place in the year 79 A.D., when the volcano buried 
the ancient Roman city of Pompeii under a ... Two thousand people died, and 
the city was abandoned for almost ... Then he quoted from the writings of Pliny 
the younger, who told about the death of his uncle, Pliny the Elder,... [DOC] [TLE] How Pompeii Perished - Scientific American Blog Network [PAR] Nov 27, 2012 ... Pompeii was one of the first volcanic stories I ever heard. ... the pyroclastic flow 
deposits did get reworked into lahars by water after deposition, so I'll take it. ... 
Vesuvius erupted around one in the afternoon on August 24th, 79 AD. ... terrified: 
one of Pliny the Elder's friends, Rectina, who lived right at its base,... [DOC] [TLE] Vesuvius | volcano, Italy | Britannica.com [PAR] Vesuvius, Italian Vesuvio, active volcano that rises above the Bay of Naples on 
the ... More than two million people live in the area of Vesuvius and on its lower 
slopes. ... In 1944, after a long period of dormancy, Italy's Mount Vesuvius 
erupted, ... in Italy in ad 79 that killed the famous Roman scholar Pliny the Elder 
and was... [DOC] [TLE] Mount Vesuvius Erupts, August 24th! - Grand Voyage Italy [PAR] Aug 24, 2015 ... At noon on August 24, 79 A.D., the pleasure and prosperity of Pompeii ... Mount 
Vesuvius erupted after centuries of dormancy, which when you think ... That's the 
remains of the original slopes of Vesuvius before it blew its top in 74 AD. ... Pliny 
the Elder, a celebrated naturalist, at the time of the eruption was... [DOC] [TLE] Pompeii - Conservapedia [PAR] Jun 30, 2016 ... 1 Eruption of A.D. 62; 2 Eruption of A.D. 79; 3 Archaeological ... 24, the day after 
the feast of Vulcanalia (the Roman pagan god of fire) ... Realizing Vesuvius was

Question: Thousands, including Pliny the Elder, perished after this volcano blew its top in 79 A.D.
Answer: Mount Vesuvius