On this day in AD79 Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum
August 24, 2016
On the day that an earthquake rocks central Italy, two thousand years ago Vesuvius shattered countless ancient lives.
On this day in AD 117, the Roman emperor Trajan died
August 8, 2016
Trajan was proverbially so well-liked that in the later empire, new emperors would be enjoined to “be more fortunate than Augustus and better than Trajan”.
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