Picture No | 10146949 |
Date | 23 - 79 AD |
Description | DEATH OF ELDER PLINY |
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GAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS In his eagerness to observe the eruption of Vesuvius, he approaches dangerously near and is killed by falling rocks, a martyr to science.
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Source | P H de Valenciennes, engraved by Nyon |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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