pompeii

English - Turkish

Definition of pompeii in English Turkish dictionary: İtalya'da eski Pompei şehri
pompeian: Pompey'in

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of pompeii in Turkish Turkish dictionary: Antik Roma şehri

English - English

Definition of pompeii in English English dictionary: A ruined Roman town in Italy, destroyed by Vesuvius (a volcano) in 79AD; an ancient city in southern Italy, southeast of Naples, which was buried under the ash and lava (=hot liquid rock) from the volcano Mount Vesuvius when it suddenly erupted in 79AD. Everything was preserved exactly as it was then, because the ash and lava covered it completely. When scientists started to dig the city up in the 18th century, they learned a lot about how ordinary people lived in Roman times. Ancient city, southern Italy, southeast of Naples. Founded in the 6th century BC (or earlier) by Oscan-speaking descendants of the Neolithic inhabitants of Campania, Pompeii came under Greek and Etruscan influence and then was occupied by the Samnites, an Italic tribe, in the late 5th century BC. The city was allied with Rome and colonized by 80 BC. It was damaged by an earthquake in AD 63 and was completely destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in; Volcanic debris buried the town and protected the ruins for years. Archaeological excavations, begun in 1748, have uncovered much of the city, including forums, temples, baths, theatres, and hundreds of private homes. See also Herculaneum; An ruined Roman town in Italy, destroyed by Vesuvius (a volcano) in 79AD; {i} ancient city in southwestern Italy (destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius); ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius
Pompeiian: {i} native or inhabitant of Pompeii
Pompeiian: {s} of or pertaining to Pompeii or its inhabitants
pompeian: and partly uncovered by modern excavations
pompeian: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Pompeii, an ancient city of Italy, buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in 79 a
the last days of Pompeii: the end of the empire, the fall of the empire; something nice that is about to come to an end