Pompeii

Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. because this is what active volcanoes do. They continually smoulder and produce eruptions every few thousand years. Scientific research has shown that Mt Vesuvius was formed 25,000 years ago and was built up by a series of small lava flows and by some eruptions. Around 19,000 years ago, there was the beginning of large explosive eruptions (eruptions which involve explosions which throw volcanic ash in the air). A large explosive eruption which occurred 18,000 years ago created the mountain's current caldera (the cauldron-like feature at the top). This was followed by a series of non-explosive, but lava-producing eruptions. There was a large explosive eruption 11,000 years ago and three small explosive eruption 8,000 and 5,000 years ago and 3,800 years ago there was a large one. The explosion which buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 A.D. was the last large explosive eruption of Mt Vesuvius. There will be further explosive eruptions in the distant future.

no pompeii was founded many years before that but after the eruption of mount vesuvius, pompeii was rediscovered in 1599.

Archaeologists over many years have conducted "digs" near all of the areas that ancient Rome occupied during its span as a civilization. Because of this they have recovered remains of Roman cities, their construction projects, ancient tablets and other "underground" artifacts such as vases & statues that were buried over the long span of Rome. In the case of the city of Pompeii, the volcano's lava and ashes preserved remarkable ruins of that city that showed Roman culture, homes, monuments, and other artifacts that gave them an excellent idea about Roman life. Pompeii's ruins could be called a "city frozen in time" by the lava of Mt. Vesuvius.

Pompeii was buried by volcanic ash during an eruption of the nearby Mount Vesuvius.

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They don't. That's right, people don't live in Pompeii any more. The better question here is: How "did" people make a living in Pompeii.

Herculaneum was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79.

These are both kind of a lesson for us, because they teach us how bad a volcano can be. It is a very important archaeological site. People come visit every day and are amazed how it was so well preserved.

The wealthy of ancient Pompeii lived in the larger houses in the city. We know this from the size of the remains of the houses and the beautiful decorations from the walls. They may also may have had villas on the outskirts of the city.

Some casts of the dead are kept on display in Pompeii. The rest are kept in storage and I believe that some are are located in the Naples Archaeology Museum.

Pompeii it's self. The entire city was buried in 79AD and it was covered in 65 feet of soot, ash, and rocks. That preserved that day in history. When you visit the city you can still see the remains of the paint pots where the workers were working on a wall, the remains of people, animals, and plants. The accounts of the eruption are few, but they do exist. Added together the evidence is overwhelming .

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Boat, foot, horse, mule, wagon. The volcano erupted in 79 so after that no one went there. You can still see the ruts that the wagon wheels made in Pompeii.

No, Pompeii is Caesars Friend. They were in the first triumvirate together.

Yes, horses were used in Pompeii during the time of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Archaeological evidence has revealed that horses were an integral part of daily life in Pompeii, used for transportation, agriculture, and entertainment. The remains of horses have been found among the ruins of Pompeii, indicating their presence at the time of the eruption.

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People were so short because their first water pipes were made of lead and they didnt know lead would poison them and it affected their growth and many died of poison from it

Pliny the Younger witnessed the eruption of Mount Vesuvius which destroyed the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum from Misenium, which was on the other side of the Bay of Naples. He described the tremors in the days before the eruption (which he said were not alarming because tremors were frequent in the area) and the eruption. He also recounted that his uncle, Pliny the Elder, who was an admiral of the fleet stationed at Misenium crossed the bay with his ships to help with the evacuation and died during the operation.

about 20.000 people

Yes, there was an earthquake in Pompeii in 62 AD that destroyed a lot of the city.

Rough distance in miles from Rome to Pompei is 130 miles or 209.17 Kilometers

Probably, as the streets were filled with urine, excrement, animals and rotting food.

Pompeii was left in ruins with the city being buried in pumice and ash. Many more people survived than were killed because they had plenty of warning that something was happening or going to happen and they got out. At the latest count there were about 2,000 victims, which, although horrendous in numbers on paper, was only a fraction of the total amount of people who lived in Pompeii. As we have no exact count of the population of Pompeii, (estimates run from 30,000 to 50,000 people) there is no way to determine how many escaped.

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Only very slightly closer.