Pliny was right....

[Imperial Dave]

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/12/pompeii-experts-back-plinys-account-of-mount-vesuvius-eruption-date?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17340195252338&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2024%2Fdec%2F12%2Fpompeii-experts-back-plinys-account-of-mount-vesuvius-eruption-date

There you go....

[DBS]

Given his uncle was killed by it, and he was an eye witness, I have always tended to assume he had a vague idea when it was...

[Ian61]

Whilst upping or downing the numbers for a battle might make some political sense, altering the date of an eruption witnessed by hundreds of people who had survived would be pretty damn stupid.

[Mark G]

I can think of a few news media sources who would try, though

[Imperial Dave]