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79| c. 400 BC–AD c. 250 | Central America [everyday life] | The Late Formative (or pre-Classic) period of Mayan culture takes place in Mexico. By 400 BC, large structures have been built at several sites in the tropical lowland jungle. In the highlands, people begin to put up large clay platforms, some the basis for temples and others for elite houses, flanking open plazas. | | c. 200 BC–AD c. 200 | South America [religion] | During this period the Nazca Lines are drawn in the desert along the south coast of Peru. These are enormous stylized outlines of animals, including a monkey, whale, spider, and hummingbird, and sets of parallel lines, some as long as 20 km/12 mi. They are believed to be a development of Chavín de Huantar art; they may have had religious significance, or they may have been connected with astronomy. | | 24 August 79 | Roman Empire [births and deaths] | Pliny the Elder, Roman writer on natural history and other subjects, is killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, near Stabiae, in Italy (56). | | 24 August 79 | Roman Empire [natural disasters] | Mount Vesuvius, in southern Italy, erupts, accompanied by violent earthquakes; Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae are buried in ash and their citizens are overcome by poisonous gases. |
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