The Cause Of Pompeii's Death

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

In ancient Pompeii, there were many important establishments in the Forum. It was seen as the primal hub of the town, and due to the busy trading nature, a commercial centre for exchanging foreign goods was a necessity. However in Herculaneum, being a quiet fishing village, the structure of the Forum would have been very different to that of Pompeii.

Over the past centuries, since its discovery in 1749, many archaeologists have contributed to our understanding of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Archaeologists were initially focused on excavating, most of which were improperly done causing extensive damage. It wasn’t until the 19th century, when archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli introduced new excavation methods; those succeeded him include August Mau, Vittorio Spinazzola and Amendo Maiuri. Now attention has shifted towards conservations and restorations which are reflected in the works of Fausto Zevi and Pier Guzzo.

The town itself had many temples devoted to their gods. The city even had an amphitheatre, which is the oldest of its kind dating back to 80 BC. The people of Pompeii had a serene living condition and well function social classes.

On August 24th in the year 79, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed the entire town of Pompeii, Italy. Pompeii was located around ninety miles south of the capital city, Rome, and was founded in 600 B.C. The city of Pompeii lurked in the shadows of the huge volcano, Mount Vesuvius. The volcano was measure to be approximately sixty-five hundred feet high. During the eruption of Mount Vesuvius the entire town was demolished and townspeople were killed, and what was left of the city was preserved under the enormous amounts of volcanic ash. However, there have been two accounts of witnesses from the event, Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger. The town of Pompeii was rediscovered in 1595 while constructing an aqueduct in Italy. The remains of the town were few, but archeologists were able to preserve some portions of the town. Some scientist and archeologist suppose that there are other villages that lie under the ashes of Mount Vesuvius (Eruption of Mount Vesuvius begins). This is one of the earliest records of volcanic activity that has occurred throughout history and a slight preview of volcanoes, in general, volcano types, and volcano hazards that come from volcanoes and their eruptions.

There is a lot of evidence for business in Pompeii, mostly found in and around the forum and macellum, there is little evidence from the corpses found but a lot of equipment has been uncovered from various jobs. The forum and Macellum both played a big part in the lives of the residents of Pompeii; whether they worked there or not, it is likely people visited them very often to buy and sell. A lot of the jobs in Pompeii were well paid, and because of this, it was quite a wealthy

One time there was a city named Pompeii and one disastrous day something big happened! ‘’Pompeii supported between 10,000 and 20,000 inhabitants at the time of its destruction( John c Hamilton 1) ’’ The city of Pompeii was shaped irregularly because it was built on a prehistoric lava flow. Due to Mount Everest Pompeii remains in ashes. Excavations indicate that the southwestern part of the town was also destroyed. What happened after pompeii was everyone left and there was very few people that left. People could hear booming

Pompeii was ancient it was located in Italy. The people lived by a volcano it erupted. What remain there were 2000 bodies. When the volcano erupted the ash covered the small houses.

On August 24th and 25th 79 C.E. Pompeii was rocked by the massive eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The eruption was so massive that it is estimated to have been 100,000 times stronger than the nuclear bomb detonated in 1945 at Hiroshima. As Pliny the Younger described “iam cinere mixtisque pumicibus oppleta surrexerat,” now pumice with ash mixed in was rising. The ash buried the city and left it frozen as it was on that fateful day for nearly 1,700 years. As Interactive Archeology said, “Survivors of the eruption must have decided

The 24th August began just as every other day for the citizens of Pompeii. However the warning of an earthquake sixteen years earlier did not warn them of the incoming danger. Mount

In a seemingly normal day in the year 79 CE, a loud noise was heard while fire and smoke was seen on top of Mount Vesuvius. People were not too alarm, and continued with their everyday lives, until sometime around noon, there was another explosion that was so big that it blew off the Mount Vesuvius’ cone. Volcanic material started invading the town and within minutes, the whole town was covered by a thin layer of ash and the sky was covered by a layer of smoke. However, by noon, the volcanic material was a couple of metres thick. As a result of the extra weight the volcanic material provided, buildings collapsed, killing anyone that was sheltering themselves on them. Unfortunately, any hope the people in Pompeii had of surviving was destroyed in seconds as the last and most mortal attack of Mt. Vesuvius happened.

Hello, we are going to talk about the events of Pompeii. Mount Vesuvius, the most dangerous volcano of all time. In Pompeii, people believed in many different “gods”. Mount Vesuvius was a very popular place, the first warning was in 62 A.D., There were many volcanic disasters before 79 A.D. This Eruption took place on the west coast of Italy, When Mount Vesuvius Erupted It Destroyed the city of Pompeii.

When the city was rediscovered, it changed the way the world knew the Roman Empire. We learned many things from the paintings on the walls alone. We got a better idea of things like what was considered beautiful or what was eaten. Another secret uncovered was how the ancient world looked and worked. Many people might say, " We know what happened in the ancient world, there were carts and people died at like 40." But the reason we learned so much from Pompeii specifically was because the scrolls in the city were so well preserved that they could be read and translated. We even discover a scroll that an eye witness of the eruption in 79 AD wrote, and it described the event in tremendous detail. Finally, one last thing we learned from Pompeii was, and this is arguably the most important, don't live next to active volcanoes. Seriously, don't do that. Unfortunately, people won't heed my warning and still live next to as many volcanoes as they want, but just a warning.... History tends to repeat

In “AD 79 – Pompeii, Oplontis Positano, In Search of Lost Landscapes,” Giovanni di Maio discusses the destruction of the cities surrounding Mt. Vesuvius. These cities faced various disasters from earthquakes, mudslides, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. A gravestone was actually discovered in 62 AD how a wife lost her family due to her house collapsing. Most of Pompeii, Oplontis and Herculaneum was destroyed by the earthquake. However, by 79AD Mt. Vesuvius erupted and buried all three towns. Herculaneum was victim to the lava flow, Oplontis was hit with mudslides while Pompeii was covered with ash and hit by a rock slide. The interesting thing is that artwork and ceramics were discovered in these cities perfectly preserved in the disasters each

Early in the morning of August 25th, a volcano erupted destroying everything surrounding it in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Many people tried to escape right after the first eruption stream happened which was around 7:00 AM. The volcano kept erupting so even those who thought would get away from it on time