What year did the mountain known in Italian as "Monte Vesuvio", erupt?
Curse of the Faceless Man:  The storyline concerns a Roman gladiator, buried alive in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, who returns to life in modern times to find the reincarnation of the woman he loves. Mount Vesuvius: Mount Vesuvius ( ; Italian: "Monte Vesuvio" ] ; Neapolitan: "Vesuvio" ; Latin: "Mons Vesuvius" ] ; also "Vesevus " or "Vesaevus " in some Roman sources) is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km east of Naples and a short distance from the shore.
79 AD