Pompeii Was Their Neighbor: How Naples Lived Next Door to Ancient Disaster

Pompeii Was Their Neighbor explores the forgotten story of Naples after the catastrophic Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. While Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried beneath ash and pyroclastic flows, nearby Naples survived and continued as a major Roman city beside the same deadly volcano. In this mega episode of The Strange History Podcast, we uncover eyewitness accounts from Pliny the Younger, the death of Pliny the Elder, refugee movements, Roman relief efforts under Emperor Titus, later eruptions, the cult of San Gennaro, and how Naples learned to live beside disaster. We also explore how the rediscovery of Pompeii later...