Pliny the Elder

Roman scholar, encyclopedist, nationalist, and commander of the Roman fleet at Misenum.

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Breathing now impossible. http://t.co/UQN6TvWF #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

The air is thick with ash. http://t.co/Km4L1ko8 #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

The waves are wild and dangerous. http://t.co/UQN6TvWF #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Our only possible escape is by boat. http://t.co/UQN6TvWF #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

It’s daytime, but blacker than any night. http://t.co/Km4L1ko8 #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Rocks are falling everywhere around us. http://t.co/Km4L1ko8 #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Tying pillows to our heads with cloth and heading for the shore. http://t.co/Km4L1ko8 #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Woke up to violent shaking. The courtyard is full of ash and pumice. http://t.co/vrnYc0kK #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

I’m off to bed, but my companions are reluctant to sleep. http://t.co/Km4L1ko8 #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Just returned to Pomponianus' villa. We’ll rest here for the night. http://t.co/Km4L1ko8 #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Walking through town. We can see broad sheets of flames rising from Pompeii. http://t.co/t9CjMm7N #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Urged Pomponianus to stay calm and join me at a bathhouse. http://t.co/7SAX2Q4V #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Found my friend Pomponianus on shore loading his belongings into a ship. http://t.co/UQN6TvWF #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Strong winds forced us to land in Stabiae. http://t.co/UQN6TvWF #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

My helmsman is urging me to turn back. I respond, fortune favors the courageous! http://t.co/Km4L1ko8 #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Pompeii is blocked by debris. Refugees on shore are crying out for help. http://t.co/sJxSH5QY #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Our course is straight into the danger zone. http://t.co/Km4L1ko8 #Pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Setting out across the Bay of Naples. Ash and pumice are pummeling our boat. http://t.co/Km4L1ko8 #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

My voyage of curiosity has turned to courage. http://t.co/bAWbVBgJ #pompeii24

[Pliny the Elder @Elder_Pliny]

Just received a letter from my wife's sister, Rectina. Her villa is at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. http://t.co/bAWbVBgJ #pompeii24