The Documentary Pompeii: The Last Day

Mount Vesuvius one day erupted in the city of Pompeii and destroyed it. Mount Vesuvius left behind ash and stone that covered Pompeii. The daily life of Pompeii is similar to our daily life today. Their similarities are their jobs, gadgets, and interests.

Mount Vesuvius is one of the most well know volcanoes in the world. This massive volcano is located over looking the Bay of Naples, in the region of Campania, in Italy. Vesuvius is 4190-feet high and is made up of layers of lava flows, volcanic ash and cinders. It is considered one of the most deadly volcanoes in the world and is the most densely populated volcanic region in with millions of people living close to the crater. Vesuvius is a stratovolcano and is the only active volcano in mainland Europe. Mount Vesuvius has produced some of the continent’s largest eruptions.

Mt. Vesuvius caused destruction to the people that lived in Pompeii, on the island of Campania Vesuvius was a volcano that covered the town in ash, and there are still remains left.

The town of Pompeii was located about five miles from the volcano by the turn of the first century A.D. which they later learn may not have been the smartest idea. But the city of Pompeii wasn’t one you would want to run from. Elegant houses and elaborate villas lined the paved streets. Tourists, townspeople, and slaves bustled in and out of small factories, cafes and bathhouses. People gathered in the 20,000 seat arena and lounged in the open-air marketplaces. It was estimated that on the day of the eruption, about 20,000 people were living in Pompeii and the surrounding region.

Mt. Vesuvius, a dormant stratovolcano, had not erupted for over 71, 500 years. The city of Pompeii was isolated from all that was outside of its borders. The only other natural disaster recorded in the area was on February 5, 62 AD, when a major earthquake occurred in the epicenter of Pompeii (Modigliani). This severely damaged the town, causing buildings, temples, and houses to collapse. The society was ignorant to natural disasters, so many were unsure how to react. Because of this, a significant portion of the population evacuated the city after the severe quakes. The towering

Pompeii was once a large and promising city that one day became uninhabitable by the eruption of mount Vesuvius.

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Located in southern Italy, the city of Pompeii suffered from one of the most devastating disasters of all time. On August 24, 79 AD, a volcano, known as Mt. Vesuvius, erupted and struck the entire city of Pompeii. As a result, many citizens of Pompeii suffocated to death from the ash and the entire city was left dry and still. The volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and the aftermath it left on the city of Pompeii left a positive influence on my academic upbringing.

Mount Vesuvius near Pompeii, Italy, begins to erupt on this day in the year August 24, 79 ad; within the next 25 hours, it wipes out the entire town. Hundreds of years later, archaeologists excavated Pompeii and found everything and everyone that had been there that day perfectly preserved by the volcano’s ash. The volcano is classed as a complex stratovolcano because its eruptions typically involve explosive eruptions as well as pyroclastic flows. There was even a detailed account of the disaster by Pliny the younger who wrote a letter to his friend Tacitus. He said, “Elsewhere there was daylight at this time, but they were still in darkness, blacker and denser than any ordinary night, which they relieved by lighting torches and various kinds

Would you want to be in the city of pompeii or mt. st. helens, when the volcanos erupted? Mt. St. Helens erupted in 1980, and vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. They were both the same kind of volcano, stratovolcano. The Volcano’s both spewed ash, and pumice. The cities could feel the tremors the “Mountains” were causing. The Volcano’ s caused huge eruptions, that buried homes, and the whole city.

A loud noise like a gun went off from the volcano exploding as people ran for their lives. This is probably what one destructive morning in Pompeii looked like in 79 AD. Pompeii is important because of its destruction, rediscovery, and because it provided information about the ancient world.

One of the volcanoes that are looked to for answers on modern day volcanic eruptions is Mount Vesuvius which is located in Pompeii. This particular volcano erupted in 79 AD. Scientists and archaeologists believe that approximately 13 to 20 feet of ash and lava were sent into the atmosphere and buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculancum and many other cities in the vicinity. Over 1500 years would pass before the stories of this volcano and the people that lived there would start surfacing.

The town in its height had amazing temples, a forum, and theater for the enjoyment of the wealthy visitors. The eruption of the volcano, Vesuvius, began around noon of August 24, 17 AD when the mountain exploded, sending a 10 mile high cloud of ash, smoke, and rock into the sky. The debris rained down onto the city for the next day, causing its inhabitants to seek safety along the shore line, away from the mountain. Many, however, remained in their homes and became trapped there by both debris and dust clouds. The next morning, those who remained in Pompeii were killed by the poisonous gasses released by the mountain.

The big eruption occurred on April 10, 1815 and it happens to be the largest explosive volcano on record to date. The explosion blasted volcanic ash and plumes 45 kilometers into the atmosphere. Mount Tambora erupted on the island of Sumbawa in the East Indies, in what is now known as Indonesia. This catastrophic geological event occurred on a different continent, yet it affected the continents of North America and Europe. The explosion released large amounts of sulfate gases and also created a large dust cloud 300 miles in length. Locals who lived near the volcano were immediately affected by the explosion resulting in the majority of the locals perishing in the

he city of Pompeii was recovering from an earthquake in 63 AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted killing nearly 2,000 people initially and nearly 10,000 more in the 25 hour darkness that ensured. The city was rebuilding and from the view of Pliny the Younger the plume of smoke looked like a Mediterranean pine tree that was miles high and wide Pliny’s uncle Pliny the Elder was killed by volcanic rock while trying to save people from Pompeii. The volcano is considered the most dangerous one in the world even though people still build around the volcano and unlike those that suffered Pompeii was never rebuilt it is a very big tourist attraction though. The buildings and items were preserved very well because of the ash and pumice.