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• n  a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944

• Vesuvius
• Mount Vesuvius
• Mt. Vesuvius

News & Articles

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• Today’s Movie Trailer: Pompeii
  It’s the rare epic disaster movie in which the result of the central apocalyptic event is already known to anyone familiar with the basics of world history. But when your movie is called Pompeii, it’s pretty obvious what will happen at the end: Mt. Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the Roman city nearly 2,000 years ago, so it’d be hard for the filmmakers to keep that one a secret. Which is a good ...
  Aug. 22, 2013 - Time Magazine