Pompeii and the Vesuvius Eruption
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Cliny the Elder's Rescue Operation
"I really don't think that rescue operation would have worked even if he worked as quickly as possible. The sea was becoming just so rough and just getting worse and worse and worse," she says. As night descends, the possibility of escape is gone in Pompeii and Herculaneum. "Those who remain in the towns, perhaps over half of their populations have managed to flee,. now lock themselves inside their homes or in public buildings."
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