Pompeii

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The famous ancient Roman city was located at the foot of Mount Vesuvius in Campania. It was the centre of a flourishing wine culture around the southern Bay of Naples, with vineyards stretching from the slopes of Vesuvius to Sorrento. When the Greeks colonised the area around 1,000 BC, they called it Oinotria (land of vines grown on stakes). They brought their vines with them, including the Murgentina from Sicily, which grew particularly well on the volcanic slopes and was called the "Pompeian grape". The vineyards of Pompeii were the main source of wine for Rome. The wine was exported there in amphorae. In 79 AD, the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae and Oplontis were completely destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius and the subsequent ash and rockfall.

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