What makes Pliny's account of the Mount Vesuvius' eruption particularly credible?
a. The eruption happened in the lifetime of Pliny.
b. Pliny spoke to someone who had witnessed the eruption.
c. Pliny personally witnessed and experienced the eruption.
d. He read many firsthand accounts of the disaster.
e. His uncle had died in the eruption.
c
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