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August 24, 79
Vesuvius erupts
After centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and... MORE >
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VOLCANO,
Italy's ETNA, in Sicily, and VESUVIUS (qq.v.), near Naples, are examples of composite cones. Etna and Vesuvius began as submarine volcanoes, as did the vast cones of the Hawaiian Islands and many other volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean. Many other volcanoes, such as Vesuvius, . . .
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