Pompeii

"The Hand's done it before. Pompeii, Chernobyl. Events the history books like to call catastrophes, just cover-ups."

- Stick

Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city which was destroyed by the Hand.

History
In AD 79 Pompeii was destroyed by the Hand in order to extract dragon bones from under the city. Pompeii's destruction was covered by an of.