It caused major problems for the newly-arrived Allied forces in Italy when ash and rocks from the eruption destroyed planes and forced evacuations at a nearby airbase. After the Social Wars in 89 BC, Pompeii finally became a Roman colony with the name of Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeianorum. This subduction zone stretches the length of the Italian peninsula, and is also the source of other volcanoes like Mount Etna, the Phlegraean Fields (Campi Flegrei), Vulcano, and Stromboli. Brick columns stand among ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii. The Roman Forts of Hadrian’s Wall – Interactive Map, The Stonehenge Landscape – Interactive Map, Roman Forts & Fortlets of the Antonine Wall – Interactive Map. Ash, mud and rocks from this eruption buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. According to Pliny the Younger’s account, the eruption lasted 18 hours. The subsequent extension of the city walls was forced by local geography to follow an organic rather than geometric shape. It is important to note that sedimentary deposition has left Pompeii further inland than it was in Roman times. Mt. Vesuvius rests quietly in the background. The combination of warming climate and foreign military campaigns enabled new foreign plants and crops to be acclimatised, grown and traded. Violent eruptions in the late 1700s, 1800s and early 1900s created more fissures, lava flows, and ash-and-gas explosions. Ash, mud and rocks from this eruption buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Vesuvius is most famous for the 79 AD eruption which destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The most recent eruption was in 1944 during World War II. Studies of amphoras show that there was extensive wine trade with Gaul to the north whilst the influence in Pompeii was undoubtedly Greek and even oriental/north African, for example in the religions, town planning and other varied aspects of the city. Starting in 1631, Vesuvius entered a period of steady volcanic activity, including lava flows and eruptions of ash and mud. The cone known as Mount Vesuvius began growing in the caldera of the Mount Somma volcano, which last erupted about 17,000 years ago. Pompeii’s geography in terms of position, local climate and terrain was the foundation of it’s development in every sense. Samnitic inscriptions have also been found as well as an evident mixture of building and architectural approaches pertinent to the different cultures present. We identified the need for a central resource offering the latest archaeological news, journals, articles and press releases.