Which answer matches this clue: the volcano that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in AD 79?

• A Mount Etna
• B Stromboli
• C Mount Vesuvius ✓
• D Vulcano

Mount Vesuvius last erupted in 1944; its AD 79 eruption buried the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ash and pumice.