mount vesuvius has erupted many times since 79 ad.
mount vesuvius has erupted many times since 79 ad.
how many times has mount vesuvius erupted since 79 ad?
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mount vesuvius has erupted many times. the famous eruption in ad 79 was preceded by numerous others in prehistory, including at least three significantly larger ones, the best known being the avellino eruption around 1800 bc which engulfed several bronze age settlements. since ad 79, the volcano has also erupted repeatedly, in 172, 203, 222, possibly in 303, 379, 472, 512, 536, 685, 787, around 860, around 900, 968, 991, 999, 1006, 1037, 1049, around 1073, 1139, 1150, and there may have been eruptions in 1270, 1347, and 1500.
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eruption of mount vesuvius in 79









































mount vesuvius, a stratovolcano in modern-day italy, erupted in 79 ad in one of the most famous and deadly volcanic eruptions in european history, which was witnessed and documented by pliny the younger, a roman administrator and poet. 









































mount vesuvius violently spewed forth a deadly cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of , ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second, ultimately releasing 100,000 times the thermal energy of the hiroshima-nagasaki bombings.
eruption of mount vesuvius in 79