The location of Pompei
Daily Life in Ancient Pompei
Pompei’s Early History
Pompei – A Snapshot of an Ancient Roman Town
Leading up to the Eruption of the Vesuvius
The rediscovery of Pompeii
Pompei Today
Pompeii, as deeper diggings show, had already suffered from landslides and volcanic eruptions before the 79 AD catastrophe.
The archaeological digs at the site extend to the street level of the 79 AD volcanic event. The oldest layer has been dated to the 8th-6th centuries BC, but the excavations the way tourists can visit them now show the 79AD Pompeii.
Pompeii was founded by the Oscans, and during the first centuries of its existence captured by the Etruscans (a 6th century necropolis has been excavated), by the Greek colony of Cumae, and the Samnites.
After the Samnite wars (5th century BC) Pompeii was forced to accept the status of socium of Rome, maintaining administrative autonomy however.
After a couple of wars against the Romans Pompeii finally became a Roman colony in 80 BC. It came to be called Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeianorum.
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