Pompeii Part 1: Background
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The document provides background information on Pompeii and Herculaneum, including: - The cities were originally settled by the Oscans in the 7th-8th century BC and later occupied by the Etruscans and Samnites. - Major events during the Roman Imperial period included a riot in the amphitheater in 59AD, an earthquake in 62AD that damaged buildings, and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD that buried the cities in ash. - The cities were accidentally rediscovered - Pompeii in the late 1500s and Herculaneum in 1711. Archaeological excavations of the sites began in the 1700s and have continued
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