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79 (number) 79 (seventy-nine) is the natural number following 78 and preceding 80. In mathematics 79 is: * An odd number. * The smallest number that can not be represented as a sum of fewer than 19 fourth powers. * The 22nd prime number (between and ) ...

* one of the years

79 BC __NOTOC__ Year 79 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vatia Isauricus and Claudius Pulcher (or, less frequently, year 675 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 79 BC for this ...

AD 79 __NOTOC__ AD 79 ( LXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Titus and Vespasianus (or, less frequently, year 832 ''Ab urb ...

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79 A.D. ''79 A.D.'' ( it, Anno 79 - La distruzione di Ercolano, french: Les derniers jours d'Herculanum, also known as ''The Destruction of Herculaneum'') is a 1962 Italian-French epic drama film written and directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starrin ...

'', a 1962 historical epic film *

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 Of the many eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, a major stratovolcano in southern Italy, the best-known is its eruption in 79 AD, which was one of the deadliest in European history. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD is one of the best-known in h ...

, a catastrophic volcanic eruption in Italy

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