The famous city of Pompeii was ultimately destroyed by one of the most destructive natural disaster ever recorded in Italy, our killer... Mount Vesuvius.
Pompeii, located in the middle of italy, now is a major tourist attraction. Before, a luxurious city filled with both people and gladiators. On day 24th of August 0079, Vespasian was emperor. The streets are occupied with patricians, slaves and gladiators. Fulleries (Same as clothe washers except they use urine to clean the clothes) stank the roads. It was peaceful for the city but at 10am, the Earth started trembling, little do the romans know, pressure inside Vesuvius was building up.
24.8.79, the day after worshiping the Roman God of fire. Vesuvius erupted. The pedestrians didn't know what was happening and the danger that awaits them, so they continued with their lives, doing their daily routines when they should be evacuating. Now, molten lava was pouring down the sides of the volcano, the smoke was rising and coincidentally, a wind was blowing toward the city of Pompeii....
The smoke eventually risen over Pompeii and the people started to panic. Torches were lit and Pompeii was shrouded in utter darkness. Stones of hard ash fell from the sky, sublimation was happening in the sky and it probably killed a significant amount of people. Pliny The Elder, a friend of the emperor was a naturalist and saw the eruption of the volcano. He was a fleet admiral so he sent a fleet of ships to help evacuate the city, he went too.
Another pyroclastic surge (in ratio, gas is spewed out more than rock) came from the volcano. The two emperors was taking refuge in their own mansion. The hot ash swept the roads and unlucky pedestrians were burnt to death and turned into charcoal. Roofs were starting to collapse and people inside recieved thermal shock. Soft tissues like skin cells evaporated eyes were burnt and brains exploded. In the end, almost all people died and some cities near pompeii was effected.
Pompeii was eventually excavated in 1748 and casts of bodies were found in streets, houses and so on. many artifacts can be viewed in the Naples National Archaeological Museum.
Pompeii, located in the middle of italy, now is a major tourist attraction. Before, a luxurious city filled with both people and gladiators. On day 24th of August 0079, Vespasian was emperor. The streets are occupied with patricians, slaves and gladiators. Fulleries (Same as clothe washers except they use urine to clean the clothes) stank the roads. It was peaceful for the city but at 10am, the Earth started trembling, little do the romans know, pressure inside Vesuvius was building up.
24.8.79, the day after worshiping the Roman God of fire. Vesuvius erupted. The pedestrians didn't know what was happening and the danger that awaits them, so they continued with their lives, doing their daily routines when they should be evacuating. Now, molten lava was pouring down the sides of the volcano, the smoke was rising and coincidentally, a wind was blowing toward the city of Pompeii....
The smoke eventually risen over Pompeii and the people started to panic. Torches were lit and Pompeii was shrouded in utter darkness. Stones of hard ash fell from the sky, sublimation was happening in the sky and it probably killed a significant amount of people. Pliny The Elder, a friend of the emperor was a naturalist and saw the eruption of the volcano. He was a fleet admiral so he sent a fleet of ships to help evacuate the city, he went too.
Another pyroclastic surge (in ratio, gas is spewed out more than rock) came from the volcano. The two emperors was taking refuge in their own mansion. The hot ash swept the roads and unlucky pedestrians were burnt to death and turned into charcoal. Roofs were starting to collapse and people inside recieved thermal shock. Soft tissues like skin cells evaporated eyes were burnt and brains exploded. In the end, almost all people died and some cities near pompeii was effected.
Pompeii was eventually excavated in 1748 and casts of bodies were found in streets, houses and so on. many artifacts can be viewed in the Naples National Archaeological Museum.
