Pompeii

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"The forum at Pompeii with Mt. Vesuvius in the background."

Pompeii was a Roman settlement in Campania, situated where the River Sarno drains into the Bay of Naples. When Pompeii was founded and who by is uncertain,[1] but by the mid-6th century occupied an area of 66 hectares. In the 1st century it became a Roman colony. In A.D. 79 Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum were buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted. The settlement was preserved and has become an important archaeological site. In Roman mythology, Pompeii was founded by Hercules and may have been where the cult dedicated to the demi-god originated.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Beard, Mary (2008) Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town, p. 34. London: Profile Books.
  2. ↑ Cooley, Alison & Cooley, M. G. L (2004). Pompeii: a sourcebook, pp. 6–8, 17. London: Routledge.
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