text: Pliny the Elder set out to rescue the victims from their perilous position on the shore of the Bay of Naples , and launched his galleys , crossing the bay to Stabiae ( near the modern town of Castellammare di Stabia ) .
simplified: Pliny the Elder went to rescue some of the victims . He sailed across the Bay of Naples to Stabiae ( near the modern town of Castellammare di Stabia ) .