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Why didn't the people of Pompeii realize that Mount Vesuvius was a volcano?
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∙ 12y ago
The simple answer is no. The more complicated answer is the volcano had been rumbling for a long time and the population had grown used to it. The violence of the main eruption was a surprise.
Don't forget that no-one in Roman times actually understood volcanoes so could not have predicted the eventual eruption. In fact volcanoes are still very unpredictable beasts even now, despite our modern, vastly greater, understanding of them.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoHow would they have known though. If there was no open crater with lava inside then it would have just looked like another hill to them. They didn't have the technology to find out if it was a volcano.
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∙ 13y agoYes, the people of Pompeii had plenty of warning that something was going to happen. For at least six weeks before the major eruption there were earth tremors and the water level sank extremely low. The intelligent ones left. The skeptical ones stayed.
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∙ 11y agoyes the earth starts shaking then its when it erupes
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∙ 8y agoYes they did.
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∙ 13y agoNo
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When did Pompeii get destroyed by the Vesuvius?
Mount vesuvius destroyed the Italian city of pompeii in 79 a.d
What volcano turned people to stone?
An ancient volcano named Mt. Vesuvius near Pompeii turned people into stone.
The people of the Roman town of Pompeii were killed by?
He was killed in Egypt, which is where he fled after being defeated by Caesar in the battle of Pharsalus.
Why were Pompeii and herculaneum were built near Mount Vesuvius?
The soil was fertile around the volcano because of past eruptions, but the people had no idea that Vesuvius was any more than a mountain. They had no word for volcano in their language.
Why did dead people in Pompeii get covered in ash?
Pompeii dead got covered in ash, because they were killed by an eruption of a volcano and the volcano spread ashes on them after they were burned. The volcano name is Mount Vesuvius, though I'm not sure if that's how you spell it.
What volcano turned people to stone?
An ancient volcano named Mt. Vesuvius near Pompeii turned people into stone.
When did Pompeii get destroyed by the Vesuvius?
Mount vesuvius destroyed the Italian city of pompeii in 79 a.d
What turns people to stone?
An ancient volcano named Mt. Vesuvius near Pompeii turned people into stone.
The people of the Roman town of Pompeii were killed by?
He was killed in Egypt, which is where he fled after being defeated by Caesar in the battle of Pharsalus.
Why were Pompeii and herculaneum were built near Mount Vesuvius?
The soil was fertile around the volcano because of past eruptions, but the people had no idea that Vesuvius was any more than a mountain. They had no word for volcano in their language.
Why did dead people in Pompeii get covered in ash?
Pompeii dead got covered in ash, because they were killed by an eruption of a volcano and the volcano spread ashes on them after they were burned. The volcano name is Mount Vesuvius, though I'm not sure if that's how you spell it.
What volcano made people die to statues?
Mt. Vesuvius is The volcano that erupted on August 24 A.D. 79 blanketing the towns and 1000s of residents of Pompeii,
What do you think should be done about the threat in pompeii?
Nothing can be done. It has an active volcano and the only thing is to monitor it. In 79AD when it buried Pompeii the people didn't realize they lived near a volcano.
How high is the volcanoe Pompeii?
Pompeii isn't a volcano; it was a city. However in August 79 A.D Mount Vesuvius (a volcano located in Campania, Italy) erupted destroying the city and its sister city Herculaneum. The eruption may have killed more than 16,000 people and the ash, mud and rock from the eruption buried the city of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Although you did ask how high a volcano was, so I'll tell you how high Vesuvius is to be fair; Mount Vesuvius is 4190 feet tall.
What is the famous active volcano in Italy?
There are two. Etna, and Vesuvius. Vesuvius is a very active volcano and is monitored daily in case of an eruption. Over a million people live near to the volcano. When it erupted in 79 AD it buried the city of Pompeii and changed the coastline of Italy. The final eruption was a explosion that completely buried Pompeii in 7 minutes in 65 feet of ash and rocks.
Why weren't people in Pompeii worried about living near a volcano such as vensuvius?
Vesuvius doesn't erupt very often, and vulcanology in those times wasn't very sophisticated, to say at the very least. Chances are, most people in ancient pompeii didn't know that mt. Vesuvius was a vulcano.
Where in pompeii is Mount Vesuvius located?
it was located in pompeii and lots of people died from it.
