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89 BCE: Oscan Herculaneum becomes a Roman town.
62 CE: A violent earthquake damages Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other towns in Campania.
79 CE: Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in southern Italy burying the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum in volcanic ash.