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Vesuvius rescuer identified at Herculaneum


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Like Pliny the Elder, this could be another victim of the ill-fated rescue attempt from Vesuvius eruption:


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A bag with tools was found with the skeleton when it was discovered

 

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“Skeleton, originally thought to be an ordinary soldier, was among some 300 found at Herculaneum in the 1980s.

It is now thought he may have been a senior officer in the rescue mission launched by historian and naval commander Pliny the Elder.”

“Twelve silver and two gold denarii coins were found in the man's possession - the equivalent of a month's salary for members of the elite Praetorian Guard.

His highly decorated gold and silver belt and a sword with an ivory handle indicate he was no ordinary soldier, while his bag contained tools likely to have been used by a faber navalis - one of the Guard's naval engineers specialised in carpentry.”

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57055163

 

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