Which Roman writer, best known for his Natural History (Naturalis Historic), died during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD?
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 Mount Vesuvius, a stratovolcano in modern-day Italy, erupted in AD 79 in 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 administrator and poet. The event is the namesake for the Vesuvian type of volcanic eruptions. Mount Vesuvius violently spewed forth a deadly cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of , ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at a massive rate of 1.5 million tons per second, ultimately releasing 100,000 times the
Vesuvius in Eruption (Wright painting) Vesuvius in Eruption (Wright painting) Vesuvius in Eruption is the subject of a series of thirty paintings and at least one preliminary sketch by Joseph Wright of Derby, who travelled in Italy in the years 1773-1775. It appears that whilst Wright was in Italy Vesuvius was not erupting. Wright is thought to have painted Vesuvius over thirty times in his career. One of Wright's Vesuvius paintings known as "Vesuvius from Portici", is held at the Huntington Library at San Marino in California. A second, known by the title "Vesuvius in Eruption, with a View over the Islands in the Bay