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aug 24, 79 - Vesuvius erupted burying towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum

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Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy and it decimated and killed thousands of people in Roman settlements of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The settlements, submerged under a thick layer of volcanic material and those lands would be abandoned. 

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aug 24, 79
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~ 1947 years ago