By the famous eruption of AD79, prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were ... volcano and made the towns around it as black as night. People ran for their lives with torches ...
FLOHR: So, becoming wealthy in Pompeii means that a few people profit and a large group ... a region wedged between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. This was a place right on the edge of the ...
An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79, officials ...