Was there a volcano in ancient rome?

Answer 1

There is an extinct volcano just to the south of Rome and another volcano just to the north which was active in the early Roman times. There are many volcanoes dotted around Italy, Greece and Turkey which were part of the Roman Empire. In the Roman days there were seven active volcanoes in Italy. Four of them are still active.

The most famous eruption in Roman days was that of Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, which buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash in 79 AD. An eruption of a volcano on the island of Lipari, off the western coast of Sicily, buried the Roman villages on the island in the 5th century AD. The biggest Volcano, Mount Etna erupted in 122 BC. The Roman government exempted the nearby city of Catania from taxation for ten years to help its reconstruction. Mount Vulsini (just 54 miles north of Rome) erupted in 104 BC. Mount Stromboli, on an island of the same name, north of Sicily, erupts in short, mild bursts about every 20 minutes.

The Phlegraean Fields is a large volcano in Pozzuoli, a western suburb of Naples. It lies mostly underwater. Its caldera is just above sea level and has 24 craters. The Solfatara crater spews gasses and it was the mythological home of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. Montecerboli was well known in antiquity for its volcanic activity and its extremely hot springs. The Romans used its sulphur spring for bathing.