who recorded the eruption of mt. vesuvius
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 Mount Vesuvius, a volcano in modern-day Italy, erupted in 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.[1] The event is the namesake for the Vesuvian type of volcanic eruption.