Ash and smoke. The ash and pumice was followed by a pyroclastic heat wave that suffocated and boiled everything.
volcanic activity caused the most destruction in pompeii
pompeii was caused a civil war which was won by gaius julius Caesar
The dense cloud of ash as well as the pyroclastic flows of hot and toxic gasses caused the suffocation in Pompeii.
The earthquake that hit Pompeii occurred in 62 AD. It caused significant damage to the city, but it was the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD that ultimately buried Pompeii in volcanic ash and pumice, preserving it for centuries.
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 caused the most destruction in Pompeii. The combination of ash, pumice, and hot gas raining down on the city buried it in a thick layer of debris, while poisonous gases suffocated many residents. Lava flows did not reach Pompeii during this eruption.
An eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD caused a pyroclastic flow of hot gases, ash, and rocks to descend upon the city of Pompeii. The sudden and intense volcanic activity buried the city under a layer of ash and pumice, preserving the site for centuries.
An earthquake in the plates underneath Mt Vesuvius caused the volcano to become unstable, resulting in the eruption
The ruins of Pompeii are located in Italy.The ruins of Pompeii are located in Italy.The ruins of Pompeii are located in Italy.The ruins of Pompeii are located in Italy.The ruins of Pompeii are located in Italy.The ruins of Pompeii are located in Italy.The ruins of Pompeii are located in Italy.The ruins of Pompeii are located in Italy.The ruins of Pompeii are located in Italy.
Pompeii was destroyed by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, which is a stratovolcano near the Bay of Naples. Prior to the eruption that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79AD, two earthquakes preceded in 62AD and 64AD which caused widespread destruction. The eruption of Vesuvius per se was in two phases; first there was a Plinian eruption that produced a large amount of pumice that settled over Pompeii and Herculaneum and then a pyroclastic flows followed.
An earthquake under the volcano caused Mt Vesuvius to erupt and bury the town under volcanic debris.
An earthquake under the volcano caused Mt Vesuvius to erupt and bury the town under volcanic debris.
Either because it was old, or it didn't have the right material to keep it up.