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Herculaneum

Small resort and fishing town on the Bay of Naples, north-west of Pompeii.

Stabiae

Port city south of Pompeii.

Pompeii

Western coast of the Italian Peninsula, 200km from South of Rome.

Lararium

Household shrine to gods who protected the home.

Amphitheatre

Oval-shaped arena used for gladitorial games and spectacles.

Roman Empirical Period

27BC - 476AD

Macellum

Food marketplace.

Plinian

Explosive volcanic eruption like that seen by Pliny the Younger.

Basilica

Hall in the Forum used for business and justice (law courts).

Pyroclastic surge

Cloud of volcanic ash and gases.

Samnites

Tough mountain tribes who conquered Campania.