Pompeii City photo copyrighted by: Galen R. Frysinger The site of Pompeii is located in western Italy in a region called Campania, near the Bay of Naples. With the coast to the west and the Apennine Mountains to the
east, Campania is a fertile plain, traversed by two major rivers and blessed with
soil rich in phosphorus and potash. In ancient times, the region's crop yield was
six times higher than the average of the rest of the peninsula. Campania was so
fertile that some areas had up to three grain crops per year. The region also
hosted some of Italy's chief olive groves, and the mountains nourished thousands
of sheep.
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