Tattnall (DDG 19) - Naval Cruise Book

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R Pompeii, Italy Pompeii is an ancient town of Campania, Italy, near the river Sarnus, almost at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. Its foundation was ascribed by Greek tradition to Heracles, in common with the neighboring city of Herculaneum, but it was not a Greek colony.. It was first occupied by the Oscans, afterwards by the Tyrrhenians CEtruscansi, to whom it probably owes its rectangular ground plan, and Pelasgians and lastly, by the Sammites. Pompeii shared the fate of the neighboring cities, and later passed in common with them under the yoke of Rome. In 79 A.D. the whole city was de- stroyed bythe great eruption of Vesuvius.In 1763, systematic excavations were begun and since 1861, it has been un- covered to the state it is in today., Around this site the new city of Pompeii was born The Basilica. -

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Rome, Italy l Vi The Colosseum, Trevi Fountain. Rome, the capital of the Republic of Italy, lies on the Tiber River, 17 miles northeast from its mouth on the Mediterranean. The primitive city of Rome stood not in the Tiber valley, but on the ridges - so called hills - of the plain that jut unevenly into the valley. The Palatine Hill, according to tradition, was the site ofthe earliest settlement of Rome. Legend has it that the twins, Romulus and Remus, were the founders of Rome. In the sixth century B.C., Etruscan princes conquered the whole of Latium, of which Rome was a part, The Romans drove the Etruscans out about 500 B.C., shortly after which the first Roman Republic was formed. For the centuries to follow, Rome was under the control of the Emperors. The great Roman Empire began its rise about 27 B.C. Over a period of centuries it became the greatest power ever known until its decline and eventual fall in 284 A.D. The city of Rome was greatly damaged but over a period of years it was restored to its present day glamour. The Angel's Castle. ,Au