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May have been a small prehistoric settlement at Pompeii
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Greek and Etruscan Settlements founded in Campania
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The entire present city of circuit Pompeii is fortified and the street grid laid out. There are two major cult sanctuaries, the Temple of Apollo and the Doric Temple
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The Samnites take control of many Greek and Etruscan towns in Campania, including Pompeii
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Pompeii is probably part of a loose confederation of Samnite settlements headed by Nuceria and including Herculaneum and the villages of the Sarno Valley.
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Rome conquers the Bay of Naples, and Pompeii comes under Roman control as an 'allied' town. In this period, Pompeii is largely an agricultural settlement.
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The Second Punic War. In the wake of the Roman victory over Hannibal, Pompeii experiences an economic boom. By the beginning of the 2nd century BC the town has been completely built up.
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The area around Herculaneum becomes fashionable as a holiday resort. A great deal of construction and renovation within the town dates to this period.
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Pompeii, along with other allies cities in Italy, demands full citizenship and rebels against Rome in the Social War.
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The Roman dictator, Sulla, conquers Pompeii. Herculaneum is occupied by Italic rebels during the Social War against Rome.
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Pompeii resettled as a Roman 'colony', the 'Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeianorum'.
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There is a riot in the Ampitheatre between the peoples of Pompeii and Nuceria. Gladiatorial games are banned for 10 years.
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A serious earthquake in the region causes significant damage to Pompeii.
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Pompeii is destroyed, and buried, by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.