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

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