The Eruption Of Mount Vesuvius

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

On a hot summer day the 24th of August 79 A.D., a city in the Roman Empire faced massive destruction and death from an erupting volcano changing life and the course of History and Science forever. The ancient city of Pompeii (founded by the Oscans in the 7th century B.C. located near present day Naples, Italy) along with 2,000 (or more) of its inhabitants perished when the nearby volcano Vesuvius erupted spilling pumice, rock and ash everywhere in its proximity burying the city and its people within less than a day. Pompeii disappeared from the surface of the earth for the next 1,500 years as the land around Vesuvius became uninhabitable from more and more eruptions. How was Pompeii discovered? What would happen if Mount Vesuvius never

In the geological world, Mount Vesuvius’ eruption, and consequently the destruction of Pompeii, is one of the most discussed and debated of history. Pompeii was a large Roman town, which was located on the island of Campania. Pompeii is no longer the same as it used to be. Pompeii was a normal town until 79 CE. On this day Mt. Vesuvius erupted and covered the town in ash. Some people believed the universe was being resolved into fire. The ash filled in the air, seas, and land. Ash fell into ships, the closer the ship’s went, the darker and denser.

Over 2,000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius chose the city of Pompeii to be its next victim. August 79 A.D was the fateful day that would destroy thousands of lives, and their beloved homes. When Mount Vesuvius erupted it sent ashes, rocks, and volcanic gases to rain over Pompeii and cause complete chaos. After Mount Vesuvius’ first attack on Pompeii, a tower of debris drifted to earth. Buildings collapsed and ash clogged the air. Then a surge of poison gas and rock poured down the side of the mountain, destroying everything that laid in its path. Pompeii was done for.

Pompeii is an old Roman town-city located in the territory of Pompeii and commune in the Campania region of Italy. Pompeii was destroyed and buried under 13 to 20 feet of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 (Beard 22). Pompeii was founded in the sixth or seven century BC by the Oscans and came under Roman rule in the 4th BC but was conquered to

This tragic accident happened on Aug 24, 79A.D. Poor Pompeii was the victim of this lava spitting monster. About 2,000 people died that day, but to this day many people live there, even knowing that one day the volcano will explode.

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.

There was some precursory activity leading up to the climactic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius during the discussed period is known as a Plinian eruption, named after Pliny the Younger who was the only surviving witness of the events of 79 AD. (Sigurdsson, 1982) A Plinian eruption is known to be hugely explosive. In 62 AD, seventeen years prior to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the Bay of Naples and especially Pompeii suffered a destructive and powerful earthquake. This earthquake is speculated to have been a sign that magma had moved up the volcano’s chamber towards the surface and fractured the edifice of Vesuvius. (Sigurdsson, 1982)

In 79 AD the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

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

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano which is a tall, conical volcano. It reaches a height of 1281 metres and has snow at the peak. The volcano is assumed to be 17000 years old and to have erupted 50 times. Vesuvius is located in Gulf of Naples, Italy, a tourist destination that is home to this volcano and the ruins of Pompeii from a past eruption. At the time, the city of Pompeii did not know that Mount Vesuvius was a volcano as it hadn’t erupted for 1800 years. Mount Vesuvius is best known for the eruption that destroyed Pompeii and buried it under ash in A.D.79. The ash preserved and hid the ruins from the world for 2000 years. It was later found in 1748 when workers were building King Charles III palace. Currently, 2.6 million people visit

As a matter of fact scholars say the mountain is hundreds of thousands of years old and had been erupting for generations before the dreaded 79 A.D eruption. For example the 1780 B.C eruption was an unusually violent one and is known today as the Avellino eruption. This eruption sent superheated lava, ash and rocks about 22 miles into the sky. That ancient catastrophe destroyed almost every village farm and house within the 15 mile radius of the mountain. Mt. Vesuvius Is part of the Campanian volcanic arc. It's a line of volcanoes that have formed over a subduction zone created by the convergence of the African and Eurasian plates.

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.

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

The terrible effects that this volcano caused was there was an intense heat that had turned superheated rock into superheat lava which caused it to burn people. Another example was when the people of Pompeii say that the sky was getting darker and darker. Also, all the rivers dried up by the heat wave and caused the people of pompeii to suffocate from the ash. Not very many people survived because this had a huge effect on pompeii and they had nowhere to go. When this happened the people of pompeii tried to escape but most made it out unsuccessful which caused lots of deaths. When the volcano was over there was not much left. They found bodies, and school tablets. The people of pompeii suffered serious injuries or death. Their homes were destroyed and the people that stayed back to save their homes died.