Pompei History

On August 24th in 79 AD at approximately 1300 a cloud appeared over the Roman city of Pompeii. This was all the warning the residents had before the nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted. Huge quantities of scalding hot ash, pumice and lava pebbles were thrown into the sky. This then cascaded down across an extensive area. Pompeii was buried under 14 to 17 feet of ash and pumice, and the nearby seacoast was drastically changed. Herculaneum was buried under more than 60 feet of mud and volcanic material. Some residents of Pompeii later returned to dig out their destroyed homes and salvage their valuables, but many treasures were left and then forgotten. The remains of 2,000 men, women, and children were found at Pompeii. After perishing

Another question raised by Mary Beard is: Who were the early Pompeians? The evidence left behind suggests that the people of Pompeii were multicultural. For example, they had Grecian art, followed

Historians consider the Forum to be the ‘centre of Pompeian life’ therefore it is an important aspect to study as numerous buildings and many events occurred there. From the latest evidence, it is believed that the Pompeian Forum was undergoing a ‘comprehensive, vigorous and ambitious post-earthquake restoration.’ (Bradley. 2005, p.87). The Forum at Herculaneum, however, is still buried under the town of Resina and therefore there is not enough physical evidence to provide a great depth of information. Studies were concentrated on the Forum at Pompeii.

Life in Pompeii was over all serene, in the Italian countryside of Campania. The city was fairly large and was about five miles southeast of base of Mount Vesuvius. ( Gracco, Tiberio. “Welcome to Ancient Pompeii.”) Pompeii was quite advanced for its time with a

One of those ways is their regular daily objects. “Tiny boxes filled with dark, shiny powder tell us that the women liked to wear eye makeup” (The Buried City, 38). Jewelry, especially pearls at the time, was worn as well. Pompeii was full of graffiti. Etched-in phrases or words cover the city. Small grilling

“ I heard an ear piercing kaboom!” In 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted causing chaos among the busy city of Pompeii. Layers upon layers of volcanic ash fell on Pompeii, freezing it in time. Because it was well preserved, some information was able to be found. The daily life in Pompeii is similar to our lives because of household items, jobs and duties, and advanced technology.

In the year 79 A.D. the volcano, Mount Vesuvius, had its’s most famous eruption when it buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii along with the small neighbouring towns of Stabiae and Herculaneum. The eruption killed two thousand people and left the city buried under millions of tons of volcanic ash. Pompeii was rediscovered again in 1748, by a group of explorers after it laid under a layer of volcanic ash since the explosion. Underneath a thick layer of dust and debris the city was mostly intact. The skeletons, buildings, and artifacts have allowed archeologists to discover a great deal about the ancient world.

Nobody has lived in Pompeii for almost 2,000 years and now you know why. Pompeii was a great city with bad luck. Would you have wanted to live in

Copious amounts of seismic activity continued to ravage Pompeii for the next decade but the people of the town soon grew all too comfortable with the natural events. Repair and recovery efforts were maintained and viciously continued as the seismic activity dragged on, but up by Sarno wildlife began to wither and die. Wildlife death in Sarno included animals, livestock, and the withering of crops that once flourished. Water resources evaporated mysteriously as well, but these turns of events didn’t phase the remaining population of

The common roman people were placed on the lower level apartments called Insulae, and the rich Roman people of Pompeii was placed in large and luxurious complexes called Domus. Many other rich Romans lived in villas. The rich families lived in a single story home that was built around central hall known as the atrium. The atriums were open up to the weather to let the rainwater which the Roman citizen used the water to bathe in and also to drink and cooked with. The atrium was an opening to the courtyard as the peristylum this area included a garden and the garden purpose was for meetings the rooms was decorated nicely. The main rooms were decorated with color plastered on the walls the floor was also decorated and the decoration showed your wealth.

An elaborate restoration of a Pompeii ruin, one home to gladiators in the hours before they embarked on bouts to the death has got underway in Italy, five years after its collapse raised serious questions about the management of the famous Unesco site.

What? – Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano located near the bay of Naples in Italy (at the convergent boundary where the African Plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate), and it is mostly known for its eruption year 79 A.D. that buried the city Pompeii under a thick layer of volcanic ash. Although the destruction of the Roman cities Pompeii and Herculaneum is mostly mentioned when talking about the eruption, Mount Vesuvius also affected other cities such as Oplontis, Stabiae, and Nuceria. (Santillo Frizell 2006)

ver since the ancient Greeks settled in the area in the 8th century B.C., the region around mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples attracted wealthy vacationers who wanted to soak up the sun and beautiful scenery. By the time of the first century A.D., the town of Pompeii, located about five miles from the mountain, was a flourishing resort for Rome’s most distinguished citizens. Elegant houses and elaborate villas lined the paved the many streets. The biggest and most well-known eruption of the volcano known as Mt. Vesuvius happened 1,937 years ago. Mount Vesuvius laid waste to the city of Pompeii in 79 A.D.. The city was buried quickly by volcanic ash which made the city a well preserved snapshot of life in a Roman city. Pompeii was slowly recovering from a major earthquake that rocked the city in February of 62

Pompeii was a great city in ancient Rome that was abruptly destroyed when the seemingly harmless and docile Mt. Vesuvius unexpectedly erupted destroying the city of Pompeii and the bordering city of Herculaneum. Before this tragedy struck Pompeii was a very wealthy city and a staple of Roman culture. Located just 10 Kilometers from Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii appeared to be nothing more than a wealthy city with a view of great mountain until its one defining moment in history changed everything. Where you could once find a beacon of life and culture you can now only find deserted buildings and plaster casts of the casualties caused by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. When the ruins of Pompeii were discovered we as a culture were exposed to a

Living at the bottom of a volcano was rare, The many people of pompeii didn't know that they were living at the bottom of Mt. Vesuvius. They started to notice the animals started to act weird and big smokey gray clouds started to fill the beautiful blue sky. People in the forum started yelling out evacuate but people weren't listening to the people who could have saved it all.