Ruins of Pompeii photo copyrighted by: Galen R. Frysinger Pompeii was a lively city, rich in arts and culture and flourishing commercially.
Little less than 2,000 years ago, Mt. Vesuvius erupted and set the entire city afire; ash and soil covered everything and solidified it with time. The city was much damaged by an earthquake in AD 63 and was completely
demolished in AD79 by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius that overwhelmed the towns of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae. The eruption also changed the course of the Sarnus and raised the sea beach, placing the river and the sea at a considerable distance from the ruined city and obscuring the original site.
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