Herculanum
Also known as: Herculanum
Herculanum (Herculaneum)
Roman town on the Bay of Naples, buried with Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 (Wikipedia, «Herculaneum»). Marie names it on 26 August 1883 while reacting to the Ischia earthquake, in a passage of angry religious scepticism: «Passe encore pour Herculanum et Pompeï car là Dieu punissait ceux qui envoyaient ses apôtres au martyre ... Mais ici. Où sont les crimes atroces ... d'Ischia ?» (101.0242). The earthquake that destroyed Casamicciola on Ischia struck on 28 July 1883 (Wikipedia, «1883 Casamicciola earthquake»); see also the Ischia lottery (101.0266).
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