#27 Erick Roque
Mount Vesuvius
Introduction
“BOOM!!! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!” There is a volcano that is about to erupt! But which volcano could it be? It is located in Italy. The volcano that is in Italy is the Mount Vesuvius.
Interesting Facts
Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD. 79. According to, “ Mount Vesuvius, Italy: Map, Facts, Eruption Pictures, Pompeii” it says Mount Vesuvius is still an active volcano, but not just an active volcano, it is the only active volcano in all of the mainland of Europe, and it is also known for producing one of the largest eruptions in the continent. Mount Vesuvius is also known for something else, but it is known for a very bad thing. The thing that it is known for is its eruption in 79 AD which destroyed all the Roman cities of Pompeii.
According to the website, “http://blog.degreed.com/top-10-facts-about-mt-vesuvius-and-pompeii/” it says that Mount Vesuvius is one of the most dangerous volcanoes of all time. The only active volcano in the mainland of Europe the volcano is very dangerous because when it erupts, the volcano gets “fast moving current” of rocks and gases. The website also says that even though people had no
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I says that it's eruption in the year 79 AD is the most known and the most Famous eruption that has happened so far right now, and that eruption killed more than 16,000. Mud, ashes, and rocks were burying the cities of Pompeii. Mount Vesuvius is known for covering ashes on the people who were victims to its eruptions but when the victims of the eruptions who were suffocated by the ashes were covered by the ashes and their apparel was covered with the ashes too which also saved or “preserved some “amazing” details of the victim’s
Vesuvius erupted on August 24, 79 A.D. and would last for about 25 hours. It wiped out the entire city. The first explosion had about 2,000 survivors as it was the second outbreak of Mt.Vesuvius that immediately killed everyone. The gas then mixed in with the rain to produce a mixture like concrete that would preserve the city. It was would be nearly impossible to help save the people from the explosion. Mostly due to the volcanic rock and sulfuric gas being emitted from the volcano. One man, named Philly the elder, was in the bay across Mt. Vesuvius when it erupted. He sent some ships to investigate but were stopped by flaming rocks from Vesuvius. He would then head to the town of Stabiae only to die the next day from the toxic gases. This shows that the power of Mt. Vesuvius was very hard to escape and if the people survived the explosion, it was very unlikely they would survive the gas. This would ultimately be the end of Pompeii. Hundreds of years later, in the 16th century, Pompeii would be discovered by Domenico Fontana. The excavation of Pompeii occured in 1748 and Karl Weber carried out the systematic studies from 1750-1764. He was very sensitive to the excavation and was knew how to dig out every detail in a room. In 1860, Giuseppe Fiorelli became the excavations director and was able to help create the process of casting out the hollow remains of the people. The remains shows us that the city was surrounded by walls. The public buildings were grouped mostly into three areas, which are the Fourem, the Triangular Fourem, and the Amphitheatre. These areas have many temples and buildings for its economic and political purposes. Many villas and private houses show us that Pompeii had a time of great wealth. Pompeii was a very disastrous event and can be related to the present day disasters. As there have been many natural disasters, one of the most disastrous natural disaster was Hurricane Harvey. This occured in 2017 and was a category 4 hurricane. This
Mount Vesuvius one day erupted in the city of Pompeii and destroyed it. Mount Vesuvius left behind ash and stone that covered Pompeii. The daily life of Pompeii is similar to our daily life today. Their similarities are their jobs, gadgets, and interests.
Have you ever been near a volcano when it erupted? Most of us haven't, but if you're unlucky enough, you just might have. Many people think it would be cool, but it is indeed not. In fact, the people of Pompeii were very unlucky when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. Nearly two-thousand people died. Although that eruption was very similar to the 1980 eruption of Saint Helens, it was also very different.
To begin with Mt. Vesuvius was one of the most deadliest volcanoes we’ve ever known. To prove that statement Mt. Vesuvius is the only known active volcano on the mainland of Europe. It is known for the eruption in A.D. 79 that wiped out the city of Pompeii and the city of Herculaneum. The people were just doing their everyday thing, when Mt. Vesuvius which they didn’t even know was a volcano exploded, sending lava flowing towards Pompeii and the city of Herculaneum. If you look at the casts of the pompeians, they look more frightened than any other person would. Mt. St. Helens is known for it’s explosive 1980 eruption. The has been the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest. About
Over 2,000 years ago, Mount Vesuvius chose the city of Pompeii to be its next victim. August 79 A.D was the fateful day that would destroy thousands of lives, and their beloved homes. When Mount Vesuvius erupted it sent ashes, rocks, and volcanic gases to rain over Pompeii and cause complete chaos. After Mount Vesuvius’ first attack on Pompeii, a tower of debris drifted to earth. Buildings collapsed and ash clogged the air. Then a surge of poison gas and rock poured down the side of the mountain, destroying everything that laid in its path. Pompeii was done for.
Mt. Vesuvius caused destruction to the people that lived in Pompeii, on the island of Campania Vesuvius was a volcano that covered the town in ash, and there are still remains left.
It can erupt at any time of any day. It is one of the most historical volcanos there is due to the destruction of Pompeii. The volcano sits only nine miles away from the city of Naples (primaryfacts.com). Mount Vesuvius has erupted more than 50 times in the last 2,000 years. Now in the 21st century the mountain is a national park for people to climb and explore. The people can go and see the active volcano and learn about it.
Pompeii was a City in Italy which overall has a great significance in Roman culture. Pompeii was not famous for its rise or its rule but its destruction. Pompeii was a picture perfect world full of culture and rich history, It was destroyed in AD 79 by a Volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius. It was a symbol of Roman culture and has a great influence on the future even though it existed so long ago.
Mount Vesuvius developed inside the caldera of an older volcano. This volcano was known as Monte Somma. Monte Somma became active around 400,000 years ago. Only the northern side of Monte Somma is left, creating a wall-like ridge around the northern edge of Mount Vesuvius. This feature can be observed today at the site of Mount Vesuvius. The development of Vesuvius produced a volcanic complex consisting of the two volcanoes. (De Boer and Sanders, 2002)
Since Mount Vesuvius is so old, it has a long history of eruptions. The first known eruption was in 5960
There are two very well known and pretty much legendary volcanoes, Mount Vesuvius and Mount St Helens. They may seem different and they are, but they are the same too, for instance both Mount vesuvius and Mount St Helens are both stratovolcanoes,they’re also both “claimed to be complex volcanoes”. Both volcanoes had their major eruption after lying dormant for more than 10 years, and their major eruptions caused more than half of pompeii and and to go to rubble. Both also erupted more than once and changed civilization and most of all the people’s perspectives on the “Smoking Mountains” all stated on geology.com. These volcanoes also both destroyed civilization and they both had a major impacted on their cities and towns they destroyed. In geogly.com states that both volcanoes
The focus of this research paper is on Mount Vesuvius is two of its most deadly eruptions in 79 A.D. and 1631 that destroyed the ancient cities of Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum forcing the citizens to flee to the Bay of Naples to escape the ash falls and its pyroclastic flows. Both eruptions left the populations
The signs of an impending eruption began to appear long before it actually occurred, the first major sign being earthquakes. Earthquakes are a common indicator of the possibility of rising magma, which is required to occur for a volcano to erupt. These Earthquakes were reportedly occurring as far back as 62 AD, as they continued sporadically all throughout the 17 year period leading up to the eruption. (History of Pompeii book) One such quake caught the attention of the residents of the region when it occurred in 63 AD. The quake was large and rocked the nearby towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, doing extensive damage that would take years to repair. Due to the limited knowledge of geology at this time, Roman scholars were unable to make the connection between the earthquakes and the possible peril of a Mount Vesuvius eruption.(BBC) Some even argue that the people didn’t even know Vesuvius was a volcano. (Pompeii unplugged)
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