# What Was Pompeii?

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- Book: [What Was Pompeii?](https://www.bookquiver.com/jim-e-oconnor/what-was-pompeii) ([What Was Pompeii?.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jim-e-oconnor/what-was-pompeii.md))
- Authors: [Jim E. O'Connor](https://www.bookquiver.com/jim-e-oconnor), [Who HQ](https://www.bookquiver.com/who-hq), [John Hinderliter](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-hinderliter)
- Publisher: penguin_workshop
- ISBN: 978-04-4847-907-1
- Pages: 112
- Published: 2014-03-13
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was prepared when the nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, spouting ash that buried the city and...