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When the the volcano Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, the 11,000 thousand citizens of the Italian city Pompeii had no way to prepare. Under tons of ash without air or moisture, the architecture and the deceased were preserved so well that archaeologists know how and when specific individuals died. Because it was so well preserved, Pompeii gave a heavily detailed picture on the life of Romans during the height of the empire, the Pax Romana.