Eruption of Vesuvius
Ash buries Pompeii and preserves Roman daily life
Vesuvius buried Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae under ash and pyroclastic flows; the scholar Pliny the Elder died in the disaster. The entombed towns preserved a frozen snapshot of everyday Roman life for archaeologists.
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A little over a century after Vesuvius buried Pompeii, across the ocean in Teotihuacan the Pyramid of the Sun rose — one of the largest pyramids in the world.
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Middle East
- 70 Siege of Jerusalem and destruction of the Temple — 9 years earlier
Africa
- c. 100 The rise of Aksum — 21 years later
Alive at the time
- Ban Zhao (aged 34)
- Zhang Heng (aged 1)