HISTORY:
~ The town was founded around the 7th-6th century BC by the Osci or Oscans, a people of central Italy
~ A lively city
~ It was a port city
~ it had many neighboring cities
~ it also had amphitheater
~ it was also very crowded
~ therefore a lot of people were cover in ash, burned and died. You can still see the bodies, which are still in the exact position they were in when they died.
~ The town was founded around the 7th-6th century BC by the Osci or Oscans, a people of central Italy
~ A lively city
~ It was a port city
~ it had many neighboring cities
~ it also had amphitheater
~ it was also very crowded
~ therefore a lot of people were cover in ash, burned and died. You can still see the bodies, which are still in the exact position they were in when they died.
