But for all his science and his seniority，his nephew told us that the elder Pliny was relaxing，after a bath and lunch，when Vesuvius started to erupt.And the sighting of a column of smoke “like an umbrella pine” on the far side of the Bay caused a response more of curiosity than of alarm in him.The same account showed，however，that the signs were there.But they didn’t realize the danger because the phenomenon was frequent in Vesuvius then.

　　The eruption lasted for more than 24 hours from its start on the morning of 24 August.Those who fled at once had a chance of survival.It is clear that many，like the elder Pliny，thought their best chance was to take shelter and survived the storm.

　　The hundreds of refugees sheltering in the street at the seaside in Herculaneum，holding their jewellery and money，met their end quickly.It is impossible to tell how many citizens died.

　　The discovery of Pompeii is of huge importance for our modern day understanding of the ancient Roman world.Their destruction left important questions unanswered，and made it impossible in many ways to gather a satisfactory understanding of the Roman world from them.

　　1．According to the passage，people nowadays have some understanding of the eruption of Vesuvius mainly through

　　.

　　A．the elder Pliny’s account

　　B．the younger Pliny’s account

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