In the mid 19th century, French police created a fake radical feminist organization named after this place in order to discredit real feminists, and hired prostitutes as members.
In the mid 19th century, French police created a fake radical feminist organization named after this place in order to discredit real feminists, and hired prostitutes as members. After a battle at this location, Titus Manlius Torquatus executed his own son for agreeing to single combat with an enemy. Luigi Denza's most famous composition commemorates the opening of a cable car at this location. Troops rappelled down cliffs at this geographical feature, leading to the (*) Romans' defeat at the hands of Spartacus during the Third Servile War. A pair of letters addressed to Tacitus by Pliny the Younger contain the only surviving eyewitness accounts of a 79 A.D. event at this location. For 10 points, name this volcano whose eruption destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii.
In the mid 19th century, French police created a fake radical feminist organization named after this place in order to discredit real feminists, and hired prostitutes as members.
Mount Vesuvius 