How was Pompeii formed?

Answer 1

Pompeii, like many small settlements, grew into a city. People saw advantages to living and working in the area around Pompeii from the time it was occupied by the Oscan speaking people of Campania.

Answer 2

Pompeii had been around for centuries and had a complex history. The area of Pompeii had been used as port by the Greeks and the Phoenicians. The town was founded around the 7th-6th century BC by Oscan peoples from the mountains of central Italy. It probably was taken over by the Etruscan and then by the Greeks of the nearby Cumae when they, in alliance with Greeks of the Sicilian city of Syracuse, defeated the Etruscans. In the 5th century BC, Samnite immigrants from the nearby mountains took over Pompeii and all the other towns of this region, Campania. Over time these peoples became distinct from other Samnites and became known as Campanians. With the Samnite Second Samnite War (326-304 BC) between Rome and the Samnites, Pompeii was forced to become a Roman ally.Pompeii joined a rebellion by Rome's allies over the issue of Roman citizenship. it was defeated in 80 BC and a Roman colony was established for the settlement of retiring Roman veterans