Pompeii and Herculaneum were primarily brothel pleasure cities for the use of Roman armies when the were home from foreign wars or other activites. At the time of the Vesuvius blowout, the Roman X-Legion (10th Legion) - the Legion which had made war on Jerusalem and destroyed it - was on its R & R visit to those cities. And, it was 9 years (on the Hebrew calendar) from the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. The Romans believed (after the destruction of Jerusalem) that Rome was now invincible in the sight of all men and every god, and would deserve to rule the whole world henceforth. But, that was not a true perception. It was an egotistical percention. Which the God of Israel blunted that day. Unfortunately, the Romans wrote most of the histories, and they didn’t get the message thar God had sent. The brothels and all the guests and hosts, and male and female prostitues, were all destroyed that day. The Tenth Roman Legion was nearly wiped out in one vast stroke of God’s explosive wrath. The God of Israel DID avenge His People for all their agony and loss. When Rome laid siege to Israel and Jerusalem, the city and the Temple were swollen with about 2.5 million person for a High Feast Day. Fewer than 10,000 survived to go into captivity as slaves. The deaths of those who were innocent (children and babes, etc.) were indeed avenged by the Lord God of Israel. He put His seal of doom and displeasure upon the Roman Tenth Legion and Roman pride on the day He caused Vesuvius to errupt, turning their party into a litteral “blowout!”