Pompeii ( /pɒmˈp(i)/ pom-PAY(-ee), Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA/data' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA/data' not found.Latin pompei was a city in what is now the municipality

Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.

Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, the city was buried under ۴ تا ۶ م (۱۳ تا ۲۰ فوټه) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.