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Pompei holds an intense fascination for visitors today. Following
the eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 AD, Pompei
lay buried and forgotten for hundreds of years and the excavations
begun in the 18th Century are still being carried out today. You can
see the past prosperity of the town in the Roman villas, bathhouses
and temples which have been unearthed. Even an amphitheatre has been
found. An ancient city
of southern Italy southeast of Naples. Founded in the sixth or early
fifth century B.C., it was a
Roman colony by 80 B.C. and
became a prosperous port and resort with many noted villas, temples,
theaters, and baths. Pompeii was destroyed by an eruption of Mount
Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The
incredibly well-preserved ruins were rediscovered in 1748 and have
been extensively excavated. |
