Pompeii everyone knows got blasted by Vesuvius in 79 AD, what I didn’t realize is how massive a town it was. If you do not have a map it is very easy to get lost walking around the ruins. The shear size of Pompeii is very impressive. In some pictures you can see Vesuvius in the background, well what is left of it, and imagine the terror in the Romans when it exploded. Rome is next.