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where is mt. vesuvius located on a map Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy is this a volcanic mountain or a non-volcanic type? Volcanic when did it last erupt? 1631 what was the evidence to prove that the mountain had erupted in the first century ad? Historians have learned about the eruption from the eyewitness account of Pliny the Younger, a Roman administrator and poet. In the surviving copies of the letters several dates are given.
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Mount Vesuvius [SEP] Eruption of AD 79
In AD 79 Vesuvius erupted in one of the most catastrophic eruptions of all time. Historians have learned about the eruption from the eyewitness account of Pliny the Younger, a Roman administrator and poet. In the surviving copies of the letters several dates are given. The latest evidence supports earlier findings and indicates that the eruption occurred after 17 October. The volcano ejected a cloud of stones, ashes and volcanic gases to a height of , spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of per second, ultimately releasing 100,000 times the thermal energy released by the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings.