24 August 79 August 23, 2011 Author: Staff The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried as Mount Vesuvius erupts. Famous Words of Inspiration..."If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby it."" T.S. Eliot — Click here for more from T.S. Eliot No related posts. Categories: History Tags: 24 August, 79