<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum (c. 1821) by John Martin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Volcano </Th> <Td> Mount Vesuvius </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> August 24--25 (probable), AD 79 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> Vesuvian </Td> </Tr>

How many were killed in the pompeii eruption