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Petis ut tibi avunculi mei exitum scribam , quo verius tradere posteris possis . Gratias ago ; nam video morti eius si celebretur a te immortalem gloriam esse propositam . 2 Quamvis enim pulcherrimarum clade terrarum , ut populi ut urbes memorabili casu , quasi semper victurus occiderit , quamvis ipse plurima opera et mansura condiderit , multum tamen perpetuitati eius scriptorum tuorum aeternitas addet . 3 Equidem beatos puto , quibus deorum munere datum est aut facere scribenda aut scribere legenda , beatissimos vero quibus utrumque . Horum in numero avunculus meus et suis libris et tuis erit . Quo libentius suscipio , deposco etiam quod iniungis .
4 Erat Miseni classemque imperio praesens regebat . Nonum Kal . Septembres hora fere septima mater mea indicat ei apparere nubem inusitata et magnitudine et specie . 5 Usus ille sole , mox frigida , gustaverat iacens studebatque ; poscit soleas , ascendit locum ex quo maxime miraculum illud conspici poterat . Nubes — incertum procul intuentibus ex quo monte ; Vesuvium fuisse postea cognitum est — oriebatur , cuius similitudinem et formam non alia magis arbor quam pinus expresserit . 6 Nam longissimo velut trunco elata in altum quibusdam ramis diffundebatur , credo quia recenti spiritu evecta , dein senescente eo destituta aut etiam pondere suo victa in latitudinem vanescebat , candida interdum , interdum sordida et maculosa prout terram cineremve sustulerat .
4 Erat Miseni classemque imperio praesens regebat . Nonum Kal . Septembres hora fere septima mater mea indicat ei apparere nubem inusitata et magnitudine et specie . 5 Usus ille sole , mox frigida , gustaverat iacens studebatque ; poscit soleas , ascendit locum ex quo maxime miraculum illud conspici poterat . Nubes — incertum procul intuentibus ex quo monte ; Vesuvium fuisse postea cognitum est — oriebatur , cuius similitudinem et formam non alia magis arbor quam pinus expresserit . 6 Nam longissimo velut trunco elata in altum quibusdam ramis diffundebatur , credo quia recenti spiritu evecta , dein senescente eo destituta aut etiam pondere suo victa in latitudinem vanescebat , candida interdum , interdum sordida et maculosa prout terram cineremve sustulerat .
You
ask
me
to
send
you
an
account
of
my
uncle
'
s
death
,
so
that
you
may
be
able
to
give
posterity
an
accurate
description
of
it
.
I
am
much
obliged
to
you
,
for
I
can
see
that
the
immortality
of
his
fame
is
well
assured
,
if
you
take
in
hand
to
write
of
it
.
For
although
he
perished
in
a
disaster
which
devastated
some
of
the
fairest
regions
of
the
land
,
and
though
he
is
sure
of
eternal
remembrance
like
the
peoples
and
cities
that
fell
with
him
in
that
memorable
calamity
,
though
too
he
had
written
a
large
number
of
works
of
lasting
value
,
yet
the
undying
fame
of
which
your
writings
are
assured
will
secure
for
his
a
still
further
lease
of
life
.
For
my
own
part
,
I
think
that
those
people
are
highly
favoured
by
Providence
who
are
capable
either
of
performing
deeds
worthy
of
the
historian
'
s
pen
or
of
writing
histories
worthy
of
being
read
,
but
that
they
are
peculiarly
favoured
who
can
do
both
.
Among
the
latter
I
may
class
my
uncle
,
thanks
to
his
own
writings
and
to
yours
.
So
I
am
all
the
more
ready
to
fulfil
your
injunctions
,
nay
,
I
am
even
prepared
to
beg
to
be
allowed
to
undertake
them
.
My uncle was stationed at Misenum , where he was in active command of the fleet , with full powers . On the 24th of August * , about the seventh hour , my mother drew his attention to the fact that a cloud of unusual size and shape had made its appearance . He had been out in the sun , followed by a cold bath , and after a light meal he was lying down and reading . Yet he called for his sandals , and climbed up to a spot from which he could command a good view of the curious phenomenon .
My uncle was stationed at Misenum , where he was in active command of the fleet , with full powers . On the 24th of August * , about the seventh hour , my mother drew his attention to the fact that a cloud of unusual size and shape had made its appearance . He had been out in the sun , followed by a cold bath , and after a light meal he was lying down and reading . Yet he called for his sandals , and climbed up to a spot from which he could command a good view of the curious phenomenon .