There are first-person accounts of this volcano's eruption in 1767 (as there had been in 79 A.D.)
Since 
1944, there have been hundreds of minor earthquakes in the... [DOC] [TLE] Vesuvius | volcano, Italy | Britannica.com [PAR] There are industrial towns along the coast of the Bay of Naples and small ... 
Vesuvius had been dormant for centuries before the great eruption of 79 ce ...