Thanks for posting Dave
was perusing a biographical book on the life and times of Pliny the Elder
he was a colonel and about 60 miles north of Vesuvius
They saw the cloud growing that morning
then the urgent help message
was relayed to them
Pliny the Elder manned his fast oared boats
and sailed down the to the pending disaster
Pliny the Younger stayed behind with his Mom
I think things later- the next day-
even got serious for Pliny & his Mom
Not sure why I didn’t check the book out? New biography
Those Plinys’ were inquisitive & documenting Romans
Its on the list...
and got to agree some of narration on these docu
are like nails of slate