Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: An ode by the poet , Martial , in 88 AD suggests that both Venus , patroness of Pompeii , and Hercules were worshipped in the region devastated by the eruption of 79 .
Simplified: An ode by Martial in AD 88 suggests that Venus and Hercules were worshipped in the place that was destroyed by the eruption in AD 79 .