AD79

AD79: Destruction and Recovery
Peter Clements

This site is simply intended to give an overall view of the effects and aftermath of the Vesuvian eruption, a virtual guide book, if you like, for the Campanian towns that were destroyed that day in late summer AD79. The information on the site has been cross checked with as many sources as possible and none of the text relies on a single source.

The written sources of the data are listed in the bibliography, but this has been extensively added to by on-line resources. The plans and maps have all been produced by the author and are based on actual surveys, those in Pompeii on the excellent GIS provided by MainstreetGIS. As mentioned above, the photographs come from a multitude of sources, all of which are referenced in the photo library together with their associated copyright restrictions.

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Navigation

• Home
• News and Views
• History
  • Gods and Goddesses
  • Date and Time
  • Timeline
  • The Roman House
  • Earning a Living
  • Leisure Activities
  • Infrastructure
  • Vesuvius
  • Tragedy
  • Counting the Dead
• Pompeii
  • Map of Pompeii
  • Regio I
  • Regio II
  • Regio III
  • Regio V
  • Regio VI
  • Regio VII
  • Regio VIII
  • Regio IX
  • Public Buildings
  • Principal Streets
  • Shops and Businesses
  • The City Gates
  • The Necropoleis
  • Villas outside the Walls
• Herculaneum
  • Map of Herculaneum
  • Insula II
  • Insula III
  • Insula IV
  • Insula V
  • Insula VI
  • Insula VII
  • Insula oI
  • Insula oII
  • Suburban District
  • 'Basilica'
  • Theatre
  • Villa of the Papyri
• Stabiae
  • Villa San Marco
  • Villa of the Shepherd
  • Villa Arianna
  • The 'Second Complex'
  • Villa of Anteros and Hercules
  • Villa Carmiano
  • Villa Petraro
• Oplontis
  • Villa of Poppaea
  • Villa of L. Crassius Tertius
• Boscoreale
  • Villa Regina
  • Villa Pisanella
  • Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor
• Neighbouring Area
  • Boscotrecase
  • Murecine
  • Somma Vesuviana
  • Terzigno
  • Torre del Greco
• The Writing on the Wall
• Dramatis Personae
  • Since the Re-discovery
• Links and Video Clips
• Bibliography
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Appendix D
  • Appendix E
  • Appendix F
  • Appendix G
  • Appendix H
  • Appendix J
  • Appendix K
  • Appendix L
  • Appendix M
  • Appendix N
  • Appendix O
  • Appendix I - Vitruvius V, I
  • Appendix II - Vitruvius V, VI
  • Appendix III - Peutinger Map
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