TEMPLE OF JUPITER, POMPEII

  The Temple of Jupiter is located at the north end of the Forum, which is the economic, religious and policital center of Pompeii (just like our downtown today).  Behind the temple ruins is the massive Mount Vesuvius, which in August 24, 79 A.D erupted and covered the entire city with 20 feet of earth and ash killing its almost 11,000 inhabitants and erasing its…