A surviving historical account of the eruption, for those interested:
> This is an English translation of the two letters written by Pliny the Younger to the Roman historian Tacitus. The first letter describes the journey of his uncle Pliny the Elder during which he perished. The second one describes his own observations in a town across the bay.
https://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~gabi/sio15/lectures/volcanoes/plin...