Mount Vesuvius

The city of Pompeii is believed to have been built by the Oscan civilization in about the 6th century but years later in 80 B.C. became a a Roman city. It was situated about 5 miles away from Mount Vesuvius and was the most important port on the Bay of Naples. Pompeii was a very touristy place, known for its elegant houses and elaborate villas. It's estimated that about 10,000 to 20,000 (Ken Nelson, 2016) people lived in Pompeii or had summer homes as a vacation destination. Many rich Romans…

Pompeii the next day. Mount Vesuvius located in Naples, Italy is part of the Campanian Arc of volcanoes along a subduction zone created by the African and Eurasian plates. It runs the length of the Italian peninsula along with Mount Etna and Stromboli. The subduction plate under Mount Vesuvius has a part that has torn away. Rocks are a bit chemically different in this volcano because of this tear. They are mostly andesite rocks which are intermediate volcanic rocks. Mount Vesuvius has had steady…

carbon dating. Pompeii means “second declension, a condition of decline or moral deterioration.” The city of Pompeii was a very beautiful location of Italy and attracted many people. It was located approximately 5 miles away from the volcano, Mt. Vesuvius and right next to the Bay of Naples. The city was dominated by Rome and became a Roman Colony around 80 B.C. They were a fairly advanced society with elegant houses, villas, nice paved streets, and even complex water systems. The city of…

So my volcano caused the deaths of 2,000 lives of men and women. The name of my volcano is Mount Vesuvius and back in august 79 AD it caused the city of Pompeii to be destroyed. Volcanos can go off at anytime and anywhere. Earlier before the volcano erupted it was a hot sunny day and the sun was beating down on all the citizens of Pompeii and made them all move to the middle where the water fountain was. As most people went to the middle the volcano started to erupt and put a cloud of ash that…

trade centre, sending goods that arrived by sea towards Rome and the Appian Way, one of the Roman Republics first roads. In terms of agriculture, the industry around the city was one of the best industries in the area. While the climate around Mount Vesuvius was generally hot and dry, the airflow off of the sea provided hydration to the land around and in Pompeii, in addition to this, archaeologists have taken samples of soil found in gardens and tested them, these samples have shown that the…

the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79. The eruption discharged lava to a height of 33 kilometers. The volcano spewed out hot ash and molten rock at a rate of 1.5 million tons per second. The overall deaths that occurred are unknown but they have discovered over 1500 body remains at Pompeii and Herculaneum. The screams from all those who were in shock and who were injured crying out to love ones who had lost their life. Misery occurred on the town after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Caesar lost…

of the city but will touch upon the death and rediscovery as we continue. This is the story and culture of Pompeii, a living ghost town. Our story begins on August 24th,A.D 79, the day Mount Vesuvius erupted. At around one p.m, as many pompeiians were eating or resting, a deafening sound was heard, Mount Vesuvius had blown its top. Eleven hours after the original eruption it weakened, but it did not stop. Until the next morning the eruption continued to collapse on itself, with each collapse a…

fertile soil and volcanic ash. 17 years before the eruption a staggering earthquake hit Pompeii and Herculaneum. On the 24h of August 79ce, the volcano Vesuvius erupted. It was an eruption that lasted 24 hours. The eruption was cast into 2 stages. The first part was were the volcano released debris into the air almost twice the height of Mount Everest. The second part was when all of the debris rolled down the huge hill enclosing most of the towns in a thick haze. For the people who lived…

People have travelled across the entire globe searching for the city of Atlantis. They have dived into the deepest depths of the sea, and have climbed mountain ranges all in the pursuit of discovery. At least half a dozen expeditions are launched each year, and some explorers would swear they were successful. Professionals claim that the most likely location of Atlantis is a small island called Santorini which is off the coast of Greece. It would seem as though Plato described this exact place…

Sophie Sams Miss McGill World History 20 October 2015 Pompeii Ancient Rome was a very powerful empire that was always looking to expand their territory. They happened to expand their territory to a city called Pompeii. Pompeii was a small town with a big story. Pompeii was destroyed by a devastating volcanic eruption and many people died. Also, some rocks were found from the site of the explosion. Pompeii was a coastal Roman city in campania, a…