Landscape

__2. Pompeii and Herculaneum: Landscape__ Pompeii and Herculaneum are coastal cities that are located near the waters edge of the bay of Napels. Because they were located near the water there were coastal breezes. It has a flat coast line, rolling hills and mountains. ||< __//Strabo Geography Bk 4 Ch 3//__ 'Which runs out into the sea... Pompaia (past which flows the river Sarnus)
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 * Landscape is the all the visible features of an area of countryside or land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal. Pompeii and Herculaneum had a vast landscape that had many geographical features that made it unique to the ancient world.

__//Pliny the Elder Natural History Book 2 Chapter 6//__ 'the fields so fertile, the hill sides so sunny... the forests with a vegetation so varying... numerous rivers and springs which refresh it with their waters.' ||