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Pliny the Younger describes in a letter to Tacitus the eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79 AD and the death of his uncle Pliny the Elder. Pliny the Elder, intrigued by the strange cloud that appeared, decided to investigate it more closely by boat, but the ashes and toxic gases prevented him from escaping. The next morning, his lifeless body was found covered with his clothes, appearing to be merely sleeping. Pliny the Younger offers this detailed account.

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