79 CE
79 CE.
The 79 CE eruption.
Pompeii had a population of around 20,000 in 79 CE.
Pompeii was a Roman colony at the time of the eruption in 79 CE. As a colony, it was governed by local magistrates and officials appointed by Rome. The most likely ruling official at the time would have been a duovir, who was one of two chief magistrates governing the city.
24th August 79 CE
*Mt Vesuvius. And in 79 CE.
August- November 79 CE
79 CE
24th August, 79 CE
The 79 CE eruption befell the same fate on Pompeii's neighbouring town of Herculaneum.
For starters, Pompeii is the name of the town that was covered by the debris of the volcano. Mount Vesuvius, the volcano, erupted in 79 CE.