<Tr> <Th> Reference no . </Th> <Td> 829 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Region </Th> <Td> Europe </Td> </Tr> <P> Pompeii was an ancient Roman town - city near modern Naples, in the Campania region of Italy, in the territory of the comune of Pompei . Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 . </P> <P> Researchers believe that the town was founded in the 7th or 6th century BC by the Osci or Oscans . It came under the domination of Rome in the 4th century BC, and was conquered and became a Roman colony in 80 BC after it joined an unsuccessful rebellion against the Roman Republic . By the time of its destruction, 160 years later, its population was estimated at 11,000 people, and the city had a complex water system, an amphitheatre, a gymnasium, and a port . </P>

What was the name of the volcano that destroyed pompeii