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700 BC
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Greeks - Northern end of the Bay of Naples at Cyme
650 BC
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became the leading city in teh plain
people were essentially urban and often settled on fortified plateaus with access to the sea
black pottery (buccero) - found alongstide Greek black-figure vases
600 BC
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extended to toehr places around the coast and in Campania as a whole
native cultures of the Sarno valley adopted some Hellenised characters
strategic location of the primitive Oscan settlement of Pompeii
used as a trading outpost for the hinterland, not as a permanent Greek settlement
474 BC
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Etruscan power collapsed after their defeat of Greek cities at the Second Battle of Cuma
440 BC
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vaccum left by Etruscans was filled by the Samnites, a warlike Italic people from teh harsh mountains of Italy
Towns including Pompeii and Herculaneum eventually became part of a Samnite League
400 BC
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Strabo - local Italic group living in scattered settlements in Campania
Origins of Herculaneum is lost in legends associated with Heracles
343 BC
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Roamns entered the Campania - landed at the mouth of hte Sarno River
300 BC
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the Samnite towns of Campania - each community bound to Rome by separate treaty
inhabitants were granted the status of Italian allies - entailed full rights of local self government
Strong Samnite culture until around 80 BC
218 BC - 201 BC
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Carthaginian general Hannibal had an effect on the Sarno Plain
many towns opened their gates to the invader but Pompeii and Herculaneum remained loyal to the Romans
125 BC - 95 BC
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100 BC
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Rome won control of both the western and eastern Mediterranean - Pompeii benefited from the expansion
demand for Camanian wine and oil + slavery substantially increased local agricultural productivity
91 BC
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did enormous damage to Rome
59 BC
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Rioting broke out in the amphitheatre between the Pompeians and a group of visiting Nucerians
27 BC
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success of Octavius and the peace established bought many benefits to the cities and port of Campania as they shared in the revitalised trade between provinces
62 AD
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public buildings and statues swayed and collapsed
town reservoir collapsed and water pipers broke
demolition and rebuiling program
79 AD
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