The Rise Of Mt. Vesuvius

Pompeii was a City in Italy which overall has a great significance in Roman culture. Pompeii was not famous for its rise or its rule but its destruction. Pompeii was a picture perfect world full of culture and rich history, It was destroyed in AD 79 by a Volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius. It was a symbol of Roman culture and has a great influence on the future even though it existed so long ago.

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.

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.

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

Mount Vesuvius had erupted many times before in the past 2,000 years. The only difference was that it exploded when it destroyed Pompeii

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.

Pompeii was a busy roman city in Italy. The city flourished with many people and things. The people were Roman citizens. They loved their city and enjoyed the big beautiful mountain behind it. They were proud that their soil was rich and they never expected their city to experience extinction.

Pompeii and Herculaneum blossomed near the edge of Mt. Vesuvius. At the time 20,000 people lived in Pompeii, Pompeii was a beautiful place and loved by many. 5,000 people lived in Herculaneum and many wealthy romans liked going their because it was gorgeous. It all happened after midnight, The Mt. Vesuvius volcano erupted and it covered all of Herculaneum. The people there tried to escape to Pompeii but sadly at 6:30 in the morning the volcano erupted again but even more powerful the people who tried to escape died almost instantly

There is a song called Pompeii by Bastille that sort of tells about that night. What we was learned is not to build cities at the bottom of a volcano so they don’t get ruined by the volcano. Mt. Vesuvius had people running for their lives. 1500 people have been found but there were numbers of deaths that they are still trying to find out.

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

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD was a pyroclastic event discussed in greater detail over the course of this essay.

Mount Vesuvius is most known for its eruption that occurred in 79 AD that led to the burying and destruction of Roman cities in Italy as well as other settlements.

It was just a normal day when it all happened. People were walking around shopping and doing their own thing. Children were playing and running around with their friends having a good time. You could almost say it was a perfect day… almost. About 17 years earlier, there was an earthquake that caused major damage to the area but nobody realized a worse disaster was on its way. The earthquake caused movement to the earth that started a flow of events that led to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.