Pompeii (Italy). (Roman town; buried by Vesuvius when it erupted in 79 AD; excavation since 1748). - Reconstruction of Pompeii: total view. (top) and view of insula 6 before the earthquake 62 AD with the laundry of Stephanus, the house of Valerius a. o. Watercolours, undated, by Peter Connolly. (1935-2012).