The cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD was one of the most spectacular and destructive event in ancient history. Two towns and many other villas around the area, were completely destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m of pumice and ash.
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Terentius Neo with wife. Terentius was a baker of humble origins who climbed the social ladder
Pompeii – between 1890 and 1905. Hand colored
Street of the Tombs ca. 1900. Hand colored
Pompeii and Herculaneum were two ancient Roman cities in Campania, at the bottom of the Mount Vesuvius. Ca 1890 and 1905. Hand colored
Peristyle of the House of the Vettii immediately after restoration (ca. 1900). Between 1890 and 1905
Villa of Ara Massima
