The ancient city of Pompeii is located in the Campania region in the southwest corner of the Apennine Peninsula, about 140 kilometers northwest of Rome, near Naples in southern Italy, and ten kilometers southwest of the foot of Mount Vesuvius. About 20 kilometers west of the beautiful Bay of Naples, it is a summer resort with mountains on its back and the sea on its back. It was built in the 6th century AD.
This place had become a good harbor for the Greeks and Phoenicians. The local Greeks were very powerful at that time. The Samnites also expanded the city. In 89 BC, the Roman authority Sulla's army surrounded Pompeii. In 80 BC, Rome occupied Pompeii, and Pompeii became Robe and was quickly re-established.
In AD 79, a week after experiencing several earthquakes and other signs of volcanic activity, Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii alive under volcanic ash overnight.
Historians have long believed that the volcanic eruption occurred on August 24, 79 AD, but archaeological evidence found inscriptions in October, and it is speculated that the eruption occurred on October 24.
Pompei provides us today with a precious moment of history, like a time capsule. Through excavations at Pompeii, historians and archaeologists have learned much about what life was like for first-century Romans. At the moment of the volcanic eruption, Pompeii was a bustling and prosperous city. For example, on the ground of a wealthy businessman's house, it was written "Money, you are welcome." This sentence may have a humorous meaning, but it reflected the thinking of the businessman at that time. In other houses, archaeologists found many records of occupations and castes at the time, such as a reference to a "laundromat." Paint on the walls shows what Latin slang actually looks like. We still lament the natural disasters that struck Pompeii.