Pliny the Younger's Uncle, Pliny the Elder, died during the eruption while attempting to rescue stranded victims. As Admiral of the fleet, Pliny the Elder had ordered the ships of the Imperial Navy stationed at Misenum to cross the bay to assist evacuation attempts. He perished with the others in Pompeii.
In 79 AD Pompeii was destroyed by the volcano, Mt. Vesuvius.
After being badly damaged by an earthquake in 63 AD, Pompeii was completely buried in 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted.
It wasn't Mount Pompeii, it was Mount Vesuvius. It first erupted 18,300 years ago, but the one we most know of was when it destroyed Pompeii in AD 79.
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Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, when the whole town of Pomeii was covered in ash!
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Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.
The year AD 79. It spanned 2 days straight and covered the whole town in 25 metres of Ash and Lava
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in ancient pompeii
Mount Vesuvius was the name of the volcano that erupted and destroyed the town of Pompey in the year 79 A.D.
Pompeii was destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.