ELD4838195: The death of the Roman naturalist and writer Pliny the elder (23-79 AD) ran too close to the Vesuve during his eruption of 79 AD in Stabies (Castellammare di Stabia) near Naples Gravure 1880 - (The death of Pliny the Elder on August 25, 79 AD, while attempting the rescue by ship of a friend and his family from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that had just destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum) Engraving - Private collection / Bridgeman Images