Pompeii

:Pompeii is not to be confused with the Roman general Pompey.

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The city of Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many smaller places around the Bay of Naples, were Roman municipalities destroyed during an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The eruption was described by Pliny the Younger (see below), whose uncle Pliny the Elder died after travelling across the bay with a flotilla of naval vessels to save some of those trapped in the seaside towns.

Related Topics:
Herculaneum - Bay of Naples - Roman - Eruption - Volcano - Mount Vesuvius - 79 - Pliny the Younger - Pliny the Elder

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Latitude 40°45'N, longitude 14°29'E

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