vesuvius in English

noun
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an active volcano near Naples, in southern Italy, 4,190 feet (1,277 m) high. A violent eruption in ad 79 buried the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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1. Visitors walking near the main crater of Vesuvius

2. It was the biggest eruption of Vesuvius for some years.

3. Spartacus'mongrel horde has swelled with each passing victory, since Glaber's defeat at Vesuvius.

4. It originated on the foothills of Vesuvius, in Campania in southern Italy.

5. 1 day ago · Buried by Vesuvius, this ancient villa is an overlooked alternative to Pompeii

6. In the year A.D. 79 the great city of Pompeii was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

7. The latter two are simple destructive plate margin volcanoes, but the Plate Tectonic setting of Vesuvius is a bit complex.

8. In Campania, he visits Herculaneum and ventured into the crater of Vesuvius, then active, which he will report in a scientific treatise.

9. Derived from the Latin labi, meaning “to slide,” it aptly describes the lava flows that run down the steep slopes of Vesuvius.

10. A jaw-dropping feat of volcanic architecture has risen in the Italian city of Nola, just a stone's throw away from the cataclysmic Mt. Vesuvius.

11. Distinct in flavor, these Cento San Marzano tomatoes are grown in the Sarnese Nocerino area of Italy, renowned for its especially fruitful soil as a result of its proximity to Mount Vesuvius

12. These pizzerias will go even further than the specified rules by, for example, using only San Marzano tomatoes grown on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius and drizzling the olive oil and adding tomato topping in only a clockwise direction.

13. The Acari first appeared in the course of an attempt to make crystals of silica by allowing a suitable fluid medium to seep through a piece of porous stone (oxide of iron, from Vesuvius) kept electrified by means of a battery

14. Antiquities in Motion: From Excavation Sites to Renaissance Collections $80.00 USD Buried by Vesuvius: The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum $65.00 USD How to Grow Old: Ancient Wisdom for the Second Half of Life $16.95 USD

15. ‘Pompeii was a sexual hothouse, but the Bordellos (which numbered about 25 when Vesuvius erupted) were the least sensual thing about the place.’ ‘There were times when I walked through the streets dressed as a boy, lining up with the men in front of Arabian Bordellos …

16. Originally Stabiae was a fortified settlement in the vesuvian area. Hidden by the historical eruption of the Vesuvius 79 A.D., the ancient Stabiae is still buried under the pyroclastic materials It was built on the Varano plain nearby to the sea from where it was possible to control both the port, where the present city of Castellammare di Stabia is located, and the important road network connected to the landing � stage.