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hip0020618 - Death of Pliny the Elder, 79 (1866). Roman writer and author of 'Historia naturalis', Pliny (Gaius Plinius Secundus) (23-79) died in the catstrophic eruption of the volcano Vesuvius which overwhelmed Pompei. Engraving from 'Vies des Savants Illustres' by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1866).
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