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Mount Vesuvius (in Italian Monte Vesuvio and in Latin Mons Vesuvius ) is a stratovolcano east of Naples, Italy. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hun...
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The volcano Vesuvius at Herculaneum ... Mount Vesuvius is an active volcano, originated during the late Pleistocene Epoch. It is famous for its catastrophic eruption in 79 A.C. when the town of Pompei, Herculaneum, Oplonti and Stabiae were completely destroyed and buried in less than two days time.
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Vesuvius , Mount A volcano, 1,281 m (4,200 ft) high, of southern Italy on the eastern shore of the Bay of Naples ... The Roman people who lived at the base of Mount Vesuvius in late classical times did not recognize that Vesuvius is a volcano (although Strabo identified Vesuvius's volcanic nature about the first decade ce).
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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius that destroyed Pompei and Herculaneum in AD 79 as described by Pliny the younger ... 16 - Pompeii - "Vesuvius Gate and Mount Vesuvius. 17 - Pompeii - The Anphitaetrum. 18 - Pompeii - Cast of victims. The cast is obtained by the filling the cavity in the ashes with liquid chalk.
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Click any place to begin. Vesuvius is a good place to start. ... POMPEII MENU BAR...
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What did the eruption look like? ... What kind of volcano is Vesuvius? ... Why is Vesuvius located where it is?
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Several other eruptions are reported in 685 (Paulus Diaconus), 787 and 968. In 968, Leo Marsicanus reports in a chronicle of the Cassino Monastery that "Mount Vesuvius exploded with flames and emitted a great amount of gluey and sulphurous matter that formed a river hurriedly flowing to the sea" .
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Ruins of Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius in the background ... Mount Vesuvius was regarded by the Greeks and Romans as being sacred to the hero and demigod Hercules/Heracles, and the town of Herculaneum, built at its base, was named after him. The mountain is also named after Hercules in a less direct manner: he was the son...
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