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Pompeii was completely buried by ash and tuff. Most people who did not evacuate in the prvious days were killed.

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Q: How did the eruption of Mount Vesuvius affect Herculaneum?
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When did herculaneum get destroyed?

Herculaneum was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79.


Who or what destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii in ad 78?

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius


Did Mount Vesuvius also affect Herrculainium?

Mount Vesuvius affected Pompeii and the city of Herculaneum.


Was the city Naples destroyed after Mt Vesuvius erupted?

No. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum, but not Naples.


What was the name of the city that was preserved after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in pompeii?

Pompeii and Herculaneum were preserved (and also obliterated) after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Stabiae was also impacted, but not destroyed.


What two ancient Roman cities were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?

The 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum. Most people died from smoke inhalation and suffocation.


How did the Romans predict pompeiis eruption?

The Romans did not predict the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. That is why so many people in Pompeii and herculaneum died.


Vesuvius is famous for the catastrophic eruption that buried the towns of?

The cities of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae were destroyed by ash and mud on August 24, 79 AD, when the top of Mount Vesuvius was blown off during a violent eruption.


What city of Pompeii was destroyed?

Herculaneum was destroyed along with other small villas and Pompeii during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius buried the villas under 4-6 feet of ash and mud.


Town which was buried by the eruption of mount vesuvius in ad 79?

Pompeii was a Roman city near what is now Naples, Italy.Pompeii was partially destroyed and buried under ash and pumice during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.


Mount Vesuvius is best known for the eruption that destroyed which city?

Pompeii and Hercullum,some people just think pomeii or just hercullum but it was both citys


What region is Mount Vesuvius in?

Mount Vesuvius is in Gulf of Naples, Italy. The volcano erupted on AD 79 which was the demise of Pompeii and Herculaneum.