\f1 \fs22 Coming under Roman rule at the end of the fourth century BC, it played an
active part in the Second Italic War (or War of the Allies, 89 BC) and was stormed and taken by one of Sulla's legates. Losing all independence, it became a Roman colony and was occupied by veterans of \b \cf2 \ATXht12 Sulla\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 's army. Seri
ously damaged by the earthquake of 62 AD, it was still undergoing reconstruction when it was completely destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius seventeen years later.\par