Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D.
Pompeii didn't erupt. Mount Vesuvius - a volcano - erupted in 79AD. The ash from the volcano buried Pompeii and a neighboring town, Herculaneum. For more detailed information check out the many websites devoted to this event.
Pompeii home to mt. Vesuvious erupted wiping out Pompeii and Herculaneum even closer to the volcano. Pumis and ashed covered the cities and some people on foot got decintegrated by the pyroplastic flow. Only few survied this natural disaster on 24th of August 79AD.
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Mt Vesuvius erupted in 79ad
It was colonized by the naples and then was formed when the wealthy inhabitants of eastern Italy move in and started a larger colonization formed with Pompeii, then they they were bothe destroyed in 79AD after Mount Vesuvius erupted.
Pompeii was overwhelmed in 79AD by the lava flows from the volcano Vesuvius.
Mount Vesuvius famously erupted on August 24, AD 79, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under a thick layer of volcanic ash and pumice.
The Italian city Pompeii Pompeii and Herculaneum were both destroyed by the eruption in 79AD. It is believed that the death toll in Pompeii ranges from 10,000 to 25,000. The bodies recovered from Pompeii is 1,150. In Herculaneum it is estimated that about 5,000 perished. The number of bodies recovered stands at 350.
Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae were the cities that were mainly affected. The most famous city would be Pompeii.
Pompeii was destroyed by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, which is a stratovolcano near the Bay of Naples. Prior to the eruption that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79AD, two earthquakes preceded in 62AD and 64AD which caused widespread destruction. The eruption of Vesuvius per se was in two phases; first there was a Plinian eruption that produced a large amount of pumice that settled over Pompeii and Herculaneum and then a pyroclastic flows followed.
Mount Vesuvius erupted suddenly, without warning. The people of the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were caught by surprise The cities were covered with ashes. The people did not have time to run away.
mate...Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD due to a build up of felsic magma within the volcano