oct 24, 79 - Mt. Vesuvius erupts and destroys Pompeii. The dust from the eruption buried Pompeii under a thick carpet of ash, killing 2,000 people. Pompeii had some of Rome's most distinguished citizens before the city was destroyed.
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oct 24, 79
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~ 1946 years ago