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it caused layers and layers of ash to cover the city of pompeii and when the ash hardened, it formed a mountain which buried the city and hikers that hiked the mountain never knew there was a city underneath their feet.

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14y ago

The erution of Mount Vesuvius destroyed two ancient Roman cities:

Pompeii

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Herculaneum.

Not many people know about Herculaneum but in Roman times it was even bigger than Pompeii.

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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. completely buried the city of Pompeii in ash and stone, and destroyed Herculaneum with volcanic pyroclastic flows. It caused the deaths of ten to twenty-five thousand people.

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vesuvius caused signifint damage to both Pompeii and Herculaneum on the 24th of August 79 AD

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A lot. The eruption wiped out three cities and a resort area. It also changed the seacoast. There was an uncountable loss of life.

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mt vesuvius wiped out the whole of pompaii and herculem , due to ash clopuds , rock bombs and lava one of the main survivors was pliny and tacticus brothers, historians and scientists

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it cost $200,899,456 to fix most of pompeii and heruculem!

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Everything

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