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| Location | Pompeii, Campania, Italy |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′5″N 14°29′42″E / 40.75139°N 14.49500°E |
| Type | Amphitheatre |
| Length | 135 metres (443 ft) |
| Width | 104 metres (341 ft) |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 70 BC |
| Abandoned | 79 AD, Eruption of Vesuvius |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1748, 1813-16 [1] |
The Amphitheatre of Pompeii is one of the oldest surviving Roman amphitheatres. It is located in the ancient city of Pompeii, near Naples, and was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, that also buried the city of Pompeii and the neighbouring town of Herculaneum. Six bodies were found during the excavations.[2]
- ^ Overbeck 1884, p. 178.
- ^ Impact of the AD 79 explosive eruption on Pompeii, II. Causes of death of the inhabitants inferred by stratigraphic analysis and areal distribution of the human casualties Giuseppe Luongoa et al., Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 126 (2003) p192 doi:10.1016/S0377-0273(03)00147-1