The ceety o Pompeii wis an auncient Roman toun-ceety near modren Naples in the Italian region o Campanie, in the territory o the comune o Pompei. Pompeii, alang wi Herculaneum an mony villas in the surroondin aurie, wis maistly destroyed an buried unner 4 tae 6 m (13 tae 20 ft) o ash an pumice in the eruption o Munt Vesuvius in 79 AD.