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==Eruption of A.D. 62==

==Eruption of A.D. 62==

In the years leading up to the eruption, Pompeii was rocked by earthquakes. One which was very destructive took place on the fifth of February, A.D. 62, on a feast day honoring the guardian spirits of the city. This disaster was commented on by the Roman historian Seneca the Younger in ''Natural Questions''.  Though little is recorded as concerns human victims, damage was so extensive that some reconstruction work was still ongoing 17 years later, and Seneca records (among other things) that 600 sheep died.<ref>Natural Questions', 6.1.1-3</ref>  The city was rebuilt, with the Pompeians refusing aid from Rome, seemingly due to its prosperity and pride. The city enjoyed much fertile soil, out of which three harvests of grain could be harvested. Good fishing was provided by the Bay of Naples, was part of the Mediterranean Sea, and the river Sarno as well as mountain sources also provided water. Basalt from previous eruptions provided stone for paved streets and for building, including that of massive defensive walls up to 20 feet thick and over than 30 feet high in certain places.

In the years leading up to the eruption, Pompeii was rocked by earthquakes. One which was very destructive took place on the fifth of February, A.D. 62, on a feast day honoring the guardian spirits of the city. This disaster was commented on by the Roman historian Seneca the Younger in ''Natural Questions''.  Though little is recorded as concerns human victims, damage was so extensive that some reconstruction work was still ongoing 17 years later, and Seneca records (among other things) that 600 sheep died.<ref>Natural Questions', 6.1.1-3</ref>  The city was rebuilt, with the Pompeians refusing aid from Rome, seemingly due to its prosperity and pride. The city enjoyed much fertile soil, out of which three harvests of grain could be harvested. Good fishing was provided by the Bay of Naples, part of the Mediterranean Sea, and the river Sarno as well as mountain sources also provided water. Basalt from previous eruptions provided stone for paved streets and for building, including that of massive defensive walls up to 20 feet thick, and over than 30 feet high in certain places.

==Eruption of A.D. 79==

==Eruption of A.D. 79==