For centuries, Pliny the Younger's accounts of when Mount Vesuvius erupted, bringing an end to Pompeii were gospel. But as scholars, researchers, and archaeologists continued to dig, finding ...

Solder, lawyer and writer, Pliny the Elder’s (23 – 79 AD) research into the natural world formed the basis of scientific authority for centuries to come. He died during the eruption of Mount ...

In the year 112, Pliny the Younger was faced with a dilemma. He was the governor in the Roman province of Bithynia (modern day Turkey) when a number of Christians were brought into his court.

The disaster began midday on August 24 or October 24, 79 CE, when Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending a cloud of volcanic fragments and gas into the air.