Pliny the older was there, and died there. Pliny the Younger was his nephew, did not want to interrupt his studying and did not escort his uncle to the boat, he

Pliny the older was there, and died there. Pliny the Younger was his nephew, did not want to interrupt his studying and did not escort his uncle to the boat, he saw from the other side of the bay (misenium) and wrote two letters a few decades later to describe what happened.