Which famous Roman author witnessed the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
Virgil
Ovid
Pliny the Younger
Cicero
Answer
Pliny the Younger, a Roman author and lawyer, witnessed the eruption of Mount Vesuvius from a distance. He later wrote two letters to the historian Tacitus, describing the events and the death of his uncle, Pliny the Elder, who died while attempting to rescue people from the disaster.
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