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Chazen Museum brings Ancient Rome to UW

The story of Pompeii is commonly known. It is one that tells of the prospering Roman city near the Bay of Naples, which was tragically buried under volcanic ash and pumice with the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Less known is the similar story of Stabiae, a lavish resort community a couple of miles from Pompeii, also preserved through the ages under volcanic debris.