![]() Many scholars since then have offered an etymology. Its collateral forms were Vesaevus, Vesevus, Vesbius and Vesvius. Vesuvius was a name of the volcano in frequent use by the authors of the late Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire. Whether Hercules was ever considered some sort of patron of the volcano itself is debatable. An epigram by the poet Martial in 88 AD suggests that both Venus, patroness of Pompeii, and Hercules were worshipped in the region devastated by the eruption of 79. The facts behind the tradition, if any, remain unknown, as does whether Herculaneum was named after it. With the assistance of the gods he pacified the region and went on. now called Vesuvius." It was inhabited by bandits, "the sons of the Earth," who were giants. ![]() The historian Diodorus Siculus relates a tradition that Hercules, in the performance of his labors, passed through the country of nearby Cumae on his way to Sicily and found there a place called "the Phlegraean Plain" ( phlegraion pedion, "plain of fire"), "from a hill which anciently vomited out fire. An inscription from Capua to IOVI VESVVIO indicates that he was worshipped as a power of Jupiter that is, Jupiter Vesuvius. It was considered a divinity of the Genius type at the time of the eruption of 79 AD: it appears under the inscribed name Vesuvius as a serpent in the decorative frescos of many lararia, or household shrines, surviving from Pompeii. Vesuvius has a long historic and literary tradition. 5.3 Later eruptions from the 3rd to the 19th century.5.2.2 Scientific analysis of the eruption.It is the most densely populated volcanic region in the world. ![]() Vesuvius has erupted many times since and is today regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of the population of 3,000,000 people living nearby and its tendency towards explosive ( Plinian) eruptions. Vesuvius itself underwent major changes – its slopes were denuded of vegetation and its summit changed considerably due to the force of the eruption. ![]() The eruption also changed the course of the Sarno River and raised the sea beach, so that Pompeii was now neither on the river nor adjacent to the coast. The towns' locations were eventually forgotten until their accidental rediscovery in the 18th century. They were never rebuilt, although surviving townspeople and probably looters did undertake extensive salvage work after the destructions. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The two other major active volcanoes in Italy, Etna and Stromboli, are located on the islands of Sicily and Stromboli respectively. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently erupting. Mount Vesuvius ( Italian: Monte Vesuvio, Latin: Mons Vesuvius) is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore.
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