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    AD 79 (LXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year...
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  • Thumbnail for Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
    Italy, the best-known is its eruption in 79 AD, which was one of the deadliest in history. In autumn of 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius violently spewed forth a...
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  • 79 may refer to: 79 (number) one of the years 79 BC, AD 79, 1979, 2079 Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79, a catastrophic volcanic eruption in Italy 79...
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  • 79 A.D. (Italian: Anno 79 - La distruzione di Ercolano, French: Les derniers jours d'Herculanum, also known as The Destruction of Herculaneum) is a 1962...
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    of interior decoration leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD between stylistic shifts in Roman art during late Republican and Augustan...
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    of an earlier, much higher structure. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae and...
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    Vespasianus (/ˈtaɪtəs/ TY-təs; 30 December 39 – 13 September AD 81) was Roman emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his...
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    under the Emperor Vespasian (r. 69–79 AD) in 72 and was completed in AD 80 under his successor and heir, Titus (r. 79–81). Further modifications were made...
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    Herculaneum (category 79 disestablishments)
    buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Like the nearby city of Pompeii, Herculaneum is famous as one of the few...
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    Pompeii (category 79 disestablishments)
    20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Largely preserved under the ash, Pompeii offers a unique snapshot of Roman...
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    village of Ancient Rome that was the birthplace of the emperor Vespasian (9–79 AD). The location of Falacrine has been the subject of debate. The village...
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    Drusilla (daughter of Herod Agrippa) (category Deaths in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD)
    people known by name to have died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Her father had betrothed her to Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes...
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    eruptions marked by their similarity to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which destroyed the ancient Roman cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii. The...
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  • Thumbnail for Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum
    around the bay of Naples were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, thereby preserving their buildings and artefacts until extensive archaeological...
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  • Pliny the Elder (category Deaths in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD)
    Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 – AD 79), called Pliny the Elder (/ˈplɪni/), was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander...
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    end of a three-day siege. Pliny the Elder, Roman scientist and writer (d. 79 AD) September 14 – Drusus Julius Caesar, son of Emperor Tiberius (b. 14 BC)...
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    1st century (redirect from 1st century AD)
    spanning AD 1 (represented by the Roman numeral I) through AD 100 (C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the 1st century AD or 1st...
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    members of the genus. The generic name was applied by Pliny the Elder (23–79 AD) to L. vulgare. It is often suggested that the name privet is related to...
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    Vespasian (category 79 deaths)
    -ziən/; Latin: Vespasianus [wɛspasiˈaːnʊs]; 17 November AD 9 – 23 June 79) was Roman emperor from 69 to 79. The last emperor to reign in the Year of the Four...
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    character on a 2D screen." When the nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, the eruption buried the city of Pompeii and the nearby city of Herculaneum...
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