http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/video/pompdest_300kW.html
Short video about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1565
Online text of <The Last Days of Pompeii> by Baron Edward Bulwer-Lytton.

Go to the course content pages and scroll down.  You'll reach "Naples, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Sorrento" with a subheading "Pompeii, Herculaneum, Sorrento information."  Click here for links to historical background, photographs, and more.