<P> Although his administration was marked by a relative absence of major military or political conflicts , Titus faced a number of major disasters during his brief reign . On 24 August 79 , two months after his accession , Mount Vesuvius erupted . The eruption almost completely destroyed the cities and resort communities around the Bay of Naples . The cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried under metres of stone and lava , killing thousands . Titus appointed two ex-consuls to organise and coordinate the relief effort , while personally donating large amounts of money from the imperial treasury to aid the victims of the volcano . Additionally , he visited Pompeii once after the eruption and again the following year . </P>
<P> Although his administration was marked by a relative absence of major military or political conflicts , Titus faced a number of major disasters during his brief reign . On 24 August 79 , two months after his accession , Mount Vesuvius erupted . The eruption almost completely destroyed the cities and resort communities around the Bay of Naples . The cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried under metres of stone and lava , killing thousands . Titus appointed two ex-consuls to organise and coordinate the relief effort , while personally donating large amounts of money from the imperial treasury to aid the victims of the volcano . Additionally , he visited Pompeii once after the eruption and again the following year . </P>
who was the emperor of rome when pompeii was destroyed
who was the emperor of rome when pompeii was destroyed
Titus
Titus