Historical Events
The 17 Year-Old Witness to the Eruption of Vesuvius
Aug 23 Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on feast day of Vulcan, Roman god of fire (goes on to destroy Pompeii)
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- Aug 24 Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Roman Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die
Famous Deaths
- Aug 25 Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Pliny the Elder], Roman admiral/writer, dies during eruption of Mount Vesuvius
