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ANCIENT NAPLES

The city of Naples was founded by the Ancient Greeks, who settled in southern Italy. Soon Naples became a busy and important port. However the Romans conquered Naples in 326 BC. Under Roman rule the port of Naples continued to thrive and rich Romans built holiday villas on the nearby coast. However during a Roman civil war in 88-82 BC a man named Sulla and his forces occupied Naples and massacred many of the inhabitants. Yet with the return of peace Naples flourished again. In the 4th century the Roman Empire split in two. Then in the 5th century AD the western half of the Roman Empire was invaded and it ended completely in 476 AD. Italy was left in the hands of Germanic peoples.

However the eastern half of the Roman Empire survived. (We know it as the Byzantine Empire). The Byzantines were determined to recapture southern Italy. In 536 AD they laid siege to and captured Naples. It then became a duchy with a duke. Gradually Byzantine rule weakened and in 645 a native Neapolitan named Basilio became duke of Naples. In the following centuries Naples thrived and trade with other places around the Mediterranean flourished.       Read More........

Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples, in the Campania region of Italy, in the territory of the comune of Pompei.

Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.

Researchers believe that the town was founded in the 7th or 6th century BC by the Osci or Oscans. It came under the domination of Rome in the 4th century BC, and was conquered and became a Roman colony in 80 BC after it joined an unsuccessful rebellion against the Roman Republic. By the time of its destruction, 160 years later, its population was estimated at 11,000 people, and the city had a complex water system, an amphitheatre, a gymnasium, and a port.      Read More........

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