POMPEII

• Jack Woods, Michael Ryan Olivia Meyer , Brittany Hu

POMPEII HISTORY

• 62-79 AD was the city's high
• Located in Campania Italy
• Ruled by Rome
• Wealthy and prosperous
• 1/3 of the population were slaves
• Settled on the Sarno River
• Imported and exported goods; olives, wines, and cheese.

POMPEII HISTORY

• Diets consisted of figs, snails, and nuts
• Greek inspired architecture
• For entertainment would watch gladiator fights or theatre
• Religious
• Writers and artists

POMPEII DURING THE ERUPTION

AFTER THE ERUPTION OF POMPEII

• After the eruption in 79 A.D. The town of Pompeii was covered in volcanic ash.
• People were killed and buried.
• An entire city was destroyed, and hidden by the damage from Mount Vesuvius.
• Children, homes, parents, cloths, animals, and artifacts all covered and gone for thousands of years.

AFTER THE ERUPTION

• The eruption of Mount. Vesuvius covered and destroyed 15 kilometers of land.
• Nine cities would be damaged, some destroyed including Pompeii.
• The many deaths were mostly because of collapsing houses, smoke, and ash.
• The exact amount of casualties is unknown, but 1,044 total bodies found, and many scattered bones.

POMPEII AFTER THE ERUPTION

• These people varied in death."The contorted postures are not the effects of a long agony, but of the cadaveric spasm, a consequence of heat shock on corpses."
• The collapsing of homes, and physical death could have been very agonizing, or people were killed by heat shock, and body spasms.

POMPEII AFTER THE ERUPTION

• Thousands of years later archeologists and scientific teams, will uncover the hidden city of Pompeii.
• The language, art, people, and lifestyle of historic Pompeii will, be discovered, studied, and remembered for many years to come.

ARCHEOLOGY

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AFTER THE ERUPTION

• Mount Vesuvius' eruption covered the city of Pompeii five miles away. Everything would be covered and frozen in time. Children being held by mothers, in stone.
• Artifacts, to be discovered in thousands of years.
• A city to be uncovered.

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