This painting, by the French artist Frédéric-Henri Schopin (1804-1880), depicts the destruction of the Roman city of Pompeii during the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79. A remarkable account of the devastating natural disaster was written by the eyewitness, Pliny the Younger (c. 61/62-113), whose uncle Pliny the Elder (c. 23-79) died while leading rescue missions to save survivors of the initial stages of the eruption. The Roman hist…
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