The Buried City of Pompeii Pompeii was a city on the Southwestern coast of Italy. It was a city that was built with so many luxuries that a lot of people wanted to live there and experience perfection. A great earthquake had rattled the city of Pompeii in 63 A.D. The people of Pompeii were devastated that their city was greatly damaged. A few people died, and a few people were very shaken up by …
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…People can go there today and walk through what is left of the city. Many possessions from the homes have been discovered, but not a lot. Researchers think that many of the people who ran from the volcano, took most of their important things with them. Although Mt. Vesuvius destroyed the entire city of Pompeii and many people died, it is one of the most famous events that has happened in the history of volcanoes.