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A two-storey building at Herculaneum. The town was buried under ash and lava following th eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. It is very rare for upper stories of Roman buildings with their wooden elements to survive.
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Brown, E. (2019, October 08). Two-storey Building, Herculaneum. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11313/two-storey-building-herculaneum/
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Brown, Elliot. "Two-storey Building, Herculaneum." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 08, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11313/two-storey-building-herculaneum/.
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