MT.Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD above the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.  The volcano had a cloud of stone, ash, and fumes to a height of  20.5 miles up.  About 16,000 people died due to the eruption.  The volcano has erupted several more times starting with the first century  all the way to the 20th century, and it hasn’t erupted since 1944.  It started  on March 18th, and went on for 2 weeks.  The highest  the smoke and ash went was 1,000  feet  up.  The 1944 eruption ended on March 29th, 1944.  Mt.Vesuvius is one of the most famous volcano’s in history.