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 | Abruzzo Basilicata Calabria Campania Naples Arzano Capri Nola Pompeii Portici Pozzuoli Sorrento Torre Del Greco Emilia Romagna Friuli Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardia Le Marche Molise Piemonte Puglia Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Trentino Alto Adige Umbria Valle D Aosta Veneto | | PompeiiItaly > Campania > Naples > PompeiiThe city of Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many smaller places around the Bay of Naples, were Roman municipalities destroyed during an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79. The eruption was described by Pliny the Younger (see below), whose uncle Pliny the Elder died after travelling across the bay with a flotilla of naval vessels to save some of those trapped in the seaside towns. The town was founded in the ca. 6th century BC by the Osci or Oscans, a people of central Italy, on a hill near the mouth of the Sarno River or Sarnus River, already in use as a safe port by Greek and Phoenician sailors. When Etruscans threatened an attack, Pompeii allied with the Greeks, who then dominated the Gulf of Naples. In the 5th century BC, the Samnites conquered it (and all the other towns of Campania); the new rulers imposed their architecture and enlarged the town. It has been supposed that during the Samnites' domination, Rome conquered Pompeii for a while, but these theories have not been verified. Pompeii took part in the war that the towns of Campania initiated against Rome, but in 89 BC it was besieged by Sulla. Although the troops of the Social League, headed by Lucius Cluentius, helped in resisting the Romans, in 80 BC Pompeii was forced to surrender after the conquest of Nola. It became a Roman colony with the name of Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeianorum. The town became an important passage for goods that arrived by sea and had to be sent toward Rome or Southern Italy along the nearby Appian Way. In 62, a violent earthquake severely damaged Pompeii and many other towns of Campania. In the time between 62 and 79 (the eruption), it was rebuilt, perhaps richer than before in houses and artworks. Pages referring to PompeiiHere are links to a selection of pages that mention Pompeii within this website: Sorrento Content Referred to by This ArticleFind out more about the information contained in this article by clicking one of the links listed below. Campania, Naples Snippets of Articles Relating to PompeiiItaly > Campania > Naples Naples is famous for its excellent pasta dishes, where spaghetti is often served with Sugo De Pomodoro, which is an original italian tomato sauce which gets its full flavour from sun-ripe Campanian tomatoes. An other excellent Campanian dish found in Naples is Melanzane Alla Parmigiana , which is slices of aubergine (eggplant) gratined with tomato sauce and parmesan cheese. Italy > Campania > Naples > Nola Nola, a city and episcopal see of Campania, Italy, in the province of Naples, pleasantly situated in the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines, 16 miles ENE of Naples, 121 feet above sea-level. Pop. (2001) 32,730. Italy > Campania > Naples > Capri Capri is an island off the coast of Italy, in the Gulf of Naples that has been a celebrated "beauty spot' and resort since the time of the Roman Republic. Its features are a litany of postcard views: the Marina Piccola (Small Harbor), the Belvedere of Tragara, which is a high panoramic promenade lined with villas, the limestone masses that stand out of the sea (the 'Faraglioni'), Anacapri, the Blue Grotto ('Grotta Azzurra'). Above all are the ruins of the Imperial Roman villas. | |
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