读者也许对公元79年意大利的维苏威火山大爆发早有所知,这次火山爆发以吞食掉庞贝城而闻名于世。在这一事件中,正当熔岩升腾万丈,火山灰遮天盖地笼罩整个拿不勒斯湾的危险时刻,人们逃避尚且唯恐不及,而一位年近花甲的老人却乘船驰向险区,为的是亲眼考察这罕见的自然现象。结果因火山喷出的含硫气体而中毒死亡。他就是古代罗马著名的百科全书式作家盖约·普林尼·西孔杜斯(Gaius plinius Secundus,23 Readers may well know of the massive eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy in 79 AD, a volcano erupted in devouring Pompeii. In this incident, just as the lava was soaring and the volcanic ash covered the entire Gulf of Naples at a dangerous time, people escaped and were afraid to escape. However, a perennial elderly man flew to the danger zone Is to examine this rare natural phenomenon. As a result of volcanic sulfur-containing gas poisoning and death. He is the author of the ancient Roman encyclopedic writer Gaius Plini Secundus (Gaius plinius Secundus, 23