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Referenced when discussing what ancient Romans knew about Vesuvius. Sophie mentions 'Pliny the Elder, who is Mr. Natural History, he didn't really even think that Vesuvius was a volcano anyway' - referring to his encyclopedic work on the natural world.

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Referenced as historical evidence that people knew about the buried cities before the Bourbon excavations. Tom mentions 'Sanisaro, isn't it, the Neapolitan poet, writing at the beginning of the 16th century, and poem Arcadia' where he 'kind of says, you know, there are cities and towns and villas and things.'