Question: who ruled pompeii in 79 ce?
Answer: Pompeii. Pompeii Ancient Roman city in se Italy, buried by a pyroclastic volcanic eruption in ad 79. Pompeii was founded in the 8th century bc, and ruled by Greeks, Etruscans and others before conquered by Rome in 89 bc. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius was so sudden and violent that c.