Streets of Pompeii

An illustration of the streets of Pompeii. Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Along with Herculaneum, its sister city, Pompeii was destroyed, and completely buried, during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days in AD 79.

Keywords

Italy, town, road, pompeii, Naples, streets, community, Mount Vesuvius

Galleries

Roman Architecture, Italian Buildings and Monuments, Streets and Roads

Source

P. V. N. Myers A General History for Colleges and High Schools (Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1896)

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