Even though it occurred almost 2000 years ago, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 is still one of the most famous disasters in history. The incredible thing about the event was that the Roman ...

As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown. By Franz Lidz Of all end times tales, the ...