POMPEII

LIFE IN POMPEII

POMPEII

• The ancient Greeks settled in Pompeii around the 8th century.
• Pompeii was always filled with vacationers.
• Pompeii was located near the mountain of Vesuvius

POMPEII

• Buildings like elegant houses, elaborate villas, shops, taverns, cafes, brothels, and bathhouses.
• Townspeople and slaves rushed in and out of small factories and houses.

POMPEII

• Pompeii was 160 acres
• Consisted of 20,000 residents

MT. VESUVIUS

VESUVIUS

• Has Erupted dozens of times in the past 2,000 year
• Created a black cloud 12 miles high(more than double the size of Mount Everest)
• August 24, 79 AD Vesuvius exploded and destroyed Pompeii

VESUVIUS

• Many people evacuated when the smoke cloud formed but the people that stayed behind were soon killed by a poisonous gas that came down from the mountain
• About 2,000 people died

THE REDISCOVERY

REDISCOVERY

• Underneath all the dust and ash Pompeii was almost exactly how it was 2000 years before
• The people that were killed remained intact under the ashes

REDISCOVERY

• Everyday objects and household goods littered the streets.
• Later archaeologists even uncovered jars of preserved fruit and loaves of bread
• Famous families were displayed in portraits and paintings found in piles of ashes and dust

HISTORY

HISTORY

• Toward the end of the 5th century, the warlike Samnites, an Italic tribe, conquered Campania, and Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae became Samnite towns.
• After the second samnite war Pompeii became “allies” of Rome

HISTORY

• City soon became Romanized in institutions, architecture, and culture.
• An earthquake hit in 62 AD
• Pompeii had not yet recovered from this catastrophe when final destruction overcame them 17 years later.

CONCLUSION

• Life was very busy in Pompeii
• The people that were killed remained intact under the ashes for almost 2000
• Buildings like elegant houses and elaborate villa, shops, taverns, cafes, brothels, and bathhouses.

WORK CITED

• History.com Staff. “Pompeii.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2010, www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii.
• Jashemski, Wilhelmina Feemster. “Pompeii.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 12 Apr. 2018, www.britannica.com/place/Pompeii.
• “Archaeologists Investigate Ancient Roman Life Preserved at Pompeii.” Ancient Roman Life Preserved at Pompeii | National Geographic, 21 Oct. 2010, www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/archaeology/pompeii.

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