Stabiae
Vanished settlement · Italy
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 40.703, 14.499
Why it was abandoned
☢️ Disaster
Detected automatically from the text: 9 mi) from Mount Vesuvius, it was largely buried by tephra ash in the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in this case at a shallower depth of up to 5 m.
History
Stabiae was an ancient city situated near the modern town of Castellammare di Stabia and approximately 4.5 km southwest of Pompeii. Like Pompeii, and being only 16 km (9.9 mi) from Mount Vesuvius, it was largely buried by tephra ash in the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in this case at a shallower depth of up to 5 m.