There was a very severe earthquake in the bay of Naples which particularly effected Pompeii. A considerable amount of damage was done to the town and when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD a lot of the damaged buildings were still to be repaired.
The earthquake occurred in AD 62.
Yes, there was an earthquake in Pompeii in 62 AD that destroyed a lot of the city.
The eruption of Vesuvius that devastated Pompeii happened in 70 AD.
It is very very old. The Volcano eruption happened in 79 AD. The oldest layer has been dated to the 8th-6th centuries BC, about the time that the city was founded.
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.
Pompeii got destroyed by mount vesuvius' pyroclastic flow.Now in pompeii there is concrete bodys on the ground!!
It was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius erupting Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
79 AD
AnswerThe eruption of the volcano Vesuvius buried the ancient Roman cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii in AD 79.
Pompeii was destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Pompeii was part of the Roman Empire.