For anyone interested in this topic: Author Robert Harris really did his homework for his historical fiction novel Pompeii, which follows the story of a water e

For anyone interested in this topic: Author Robert Harris really did his homework for his historical fiction novel Pompeii, which follows the story of a water engineer in many of the towns around the bay and on the slopes of Vesuvius just before the eruption. Besides the archaeological and geological records, there are several surviving eyewitness accounts including that of Pliny the Younger not to mention Roman histories of various emperors who spent time in this area and events such as the revolt of Spartacus.