Mt. Vesuvius is located near the Bay of Naples where it has had its signature of more than 50 eruptions. Especially its most famous volcano during 79 AD where it buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The thick volcanic ash "poured across the land" where it killed 2,000 people and left the city abandoned for many years. However, the most interesting thing about this was that when they went back to this area in 1748 they were shocked to see that most of this place was intact.
More about Mt. Vesuvius - it was a part of the Campanian volcanic arc that is all along the African and Eurasian tectonic Plates on the Italian peninsula
and had been erupting for many many years. For instance, 1780 BC "Avellino eruption" had shot millions of tons of superheated, ash and rock about 22 miles into the sky.
Great video to watch more about the lost city of Pompeii I found interesting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeB5N_bH7E8
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