The city of Stabiae was at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, and therefore was one of the communities damaged by its eruption in 79 AD. Some few people got away from the initial lava, and told others of the coming erruption, but succumbed to the ash as it started to fall. The intensity of the heat probably bogged them down to let the ash overcome them. Stabiae was actually some miles south of Pompeii, a seaside resort like Baiae. It survived the eruption but was almost destroyed when the surge column, or most of the airborn mass ejected by the volcano, collapsed. Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio) is a volcano east of Naples, Italy, located at 40°49′ N 14°26′ E. It is the only active volcano on the European mainland, although it is not currently erupting. ... AD79 Events June 23 - Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as Roman emperor. ...
The Roman statesman and naturalist (and General) Pliny the Elder ended his failed rescue mission to Herculaneum at Stabiae (some sources are taken to indicate he simply went to Stabiae to observe the eruption, giving no heed to those stuck on the shore at Herculaneum). He died there having choked on the poisonous volcanic gasses he had inhaled during his stay there during the eruption of Vesuvius. His nephew Pliny the Younger left behind a detailed record of the Vesuvius eruption that became in essence the first modern scientific description. Geologists now describe a type of subaerial volcanic eruption as "Plinian". Gaius Plinius Secundus, (23–79) better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient author and Natural philosopher of some importance who wrote Naturalis Historia. ... Herculaneum (modern Italian Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town of the Italian region of Campania. ... Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (63 - ca. ...
Stabiae was an ancient Roman town, located close to the modern town of Castellammare di Stabia approximately 4.5 km southeast of Pompeii, on a 50 m high headland overlooking the Bay of Naples
Pliny died at Stabiae the following day, probably during the arrival of sixth and largest pyroclastic surge of the eruption caused by the collapse of the eruption plume
The very dilute outer edge of this surge was the only one to reach Stabiae and left two centimetres of ash on top of the tephra fall deposits.
Stabiae, then a century-old resort eight miles along the coast toward Sorrento, was buried by ash and pumice, but no lava.
Digging at Stabiae was underway when Hamilton was in Naples.
The Restoring Ancient Stabiae Foundation is planning to develop the site as an archaeological park, with a museum, library, walkways, spa and funicular railway from Pompeii.
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