Herculaneum
Speech parts
1. Herculaneum - Noun
2. Herculaneum - Proper noun
Meaning
ancient city; now destroyed
Source: WordNetExamples
A copy of the work is among the Latin rolls of the Herculaneum library.
Although Rome with her empire takes the lion’s share of the attention, ancient Assyria and Egypt (and Alexandria), Athens and Pergamum and Herculaneum, are all represented too.
As the light vessel approached the shore near Herculaneum, cinders and pumice began to fall on it.
FILE — Remains of people who were buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the forcini, or boathouses, at the ancient beach of Herculaneum, Italy, Aug. 2, 2012.
In addition, other Epicurean writings found at Herculaneum contain important quotations from his other works.
Herculaneum and other cities affected by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.