Mount Vesuvius

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

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. 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

lava are aa (ah-ah) and pahoehoe. The types of volcanoes are shield, strato, silicic caldera complexes, monogenetic fields, mid-ocean ridges, and flood basalts. Mount Vesuvius is located in Italy, Europe in the city Naples. It is 1281 meters tall. The longitude is 14.43 East and the latitude is 40.82 North. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano on the mainland of Europe

Pompeii was a old Roman town located in Campania Italy, that was covered completely by volcanic ash. The reasons for this event were the conditions of mount Vesuvius, location of Pompeii and the people, and the preserved leftovers of the eruption. Pompeii was a Roman city that was established in the 8th century B.C. It was located 5 miles from Mount Vesuvius. Many of the citizens were wealthy and had beautiful houses and fancy villas. There was an estimated 20,000 people living there full of slaves, merchants

and that the universe was plunged into eternal darkness.” written by Pliny Younger in 79 A.D. shows an extraordinary view of people during the tragic destruction of a beautiful city known as Pompeii home to over 20,000 people was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius over 2,000 years ago. Following the volcanic disaster of Mt. V. the city was covered in over 6 meters of ash which suffocated many people’s lives and killed them. The city was lost to the world from the time of the eruption in 79 A.D. until archeologists

roughly 2000 citizens in the city of Pompeii. These people survived this eruption. Here is Marciana, Abigail, and Gabriella. Let’s get right into it. My first question is for Marciana. What was it like for you to breathe in that horrid air from Mount Vesuvius? Riley: It was completely awful. That awful smoke has damaged my voice terribly and that is why I speak this way. I grabbed my brother’s hand I tried to hold my breath but I passed out from all of the fatal gasses. My best friend Blake carried

catastrophic events that took their toll on the ancient city of Pompeii, though tragic and unforgiving, serve as fundamental historical insight into the Pompeian culture and the calamity that demolished this central portion of the Roman Empire. 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

Erick Roque Mount Vesuvius  Introduction “BOOM!!! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!” There is a volcano that is about to erupt! But which volcano could it be? It is located in Italy. The volcano that is in Italy is the Mount Vesuvius. Interesting Facts Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD. 79. According to, “ Mount Vesuvius, Italy: Map, Facts, Eruption Pictures, Pompeii” it says Mount Vesuvius is still an active volcano, but not just an active volcano

Mount Etna Mount Etna is no boring regular volcano. It has been continually active since the Greek times. It is located in Sicily, Italy. To the locals in Sicily it is called “Mongibello” meaning the beautiful mountain. Mount Etna has been involved in the Greek myths. Mount Etna is an amazing and unique volcano. Mount Etna is almost twice the size of Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that destroyed Pompeii. Etna has four very prominent craters. There is the Bocca Nova and the Voragine, the central

It all started in August 4th, 79 A.D. Mount Vesuvius has experienced eight major eruptions in the last 17,000 years. The 79 AD eruption is the most well-known ancient eruptions in the world, and may have killed more than 16,000 people. wiped out the entire towns in the next 25 hours. It had buried the city of Pompeii which measured up to 1,281 meters tall. some people where farther away so that meant they had a little more time than the others that lived right next to it. The people that survived