“Volcanoes. Call them Alpha and Omega. The beginning and the end” (Pellegrino 3). Volcanoes have been found, studied, and erupting forever. Volcanoes are a well-known piece of nature, but have you ever been in a volcanic eruption before? The conditions are horrible, the sky is black, and the city goes dark, and you can’t see the sun any more. You can barely breathe, and the volcano emits an avalanche of ash the size of a tsunami. What would someone do in that situation? Likewise, the city of Pompeii had an eruption, and no one knew what to do because no one had seen anything like that in their time period before. Imagine a person in that situation, knowing not what to do, and just running for their lives, but could not find a place to hide, or any place to find and to take shelter at. That same eruption is the one that radically changed the city many centuries ago. Pompeii, the small city next to the great mountain Vesuvius, was about to be changed forever, which later made it considered to many people “The city frozen in time” because of how it was preserved by the ash of the ground. The tragic eruption of Pompeii has changed the way people look at nature, especially in the form of volcanoes and natural disasters. Pompeii left a great fingerprint on human culture because of its well-known mountain, its eruption, and its astounding burial and preservation.
Someone might be wondering what Pompeii really is. One person might think that it is just a town that got buried by a volcano, but there is more to the story than just that. Pompeii, the city said to be frozen in time, is a city in Italy that was settled in the eighth century B.C., located about five miles from Mount Vesuvius. According to Current Science, Pompeii is estimated t...
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...y left a lasting impact on life here on Earth. What they did in Pompeii will never be forgotten, and the city said to be frozen in time will soon be unfrozen. Pompeii tells a story that cannot be rewritten. The story is unique and interesting to think about, because no other story is really told about a volcano that big that destroys a city. Pompeii will be remembered in history forever, and it has definitely left a lasting fingerprint and an old city behind in its path, where people can study, analyze, and learn more about our past and what was happening at that time period and how it has affected people in this time today. Altogether, one might say that Pompeii influenced out lives today and changed them so that all of the world can be more self-aware and more prepared for things like this, as well as evidence that something like this could very well happen again.
I like the way the author shows the general population’s reaction to the volcano’s eruption. Many are scared and do not know what to do,
On the afternoon of 24th August 79 AD, a volcano called Mt. Vesuvius erupted, which resulted in destroyed lives of citizens, it was estimated that there were 10 to 12 thousand people who occupied the city .The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and a few others were severely affected by the eruption. The cities are well known for its beautiful landscapes and its temperate climate.Pompeii is based in the south, close to Naples in the region of Campania in Italy.The eruption started a series of events such as pumice,rocks and ashes falling down and caused hot volcanic gases to rise high in the sky, people from around 100 miles away could see the event unfolding.The remains of Pompeii and other cities was frozen in time due to the pyroclastic surges
A prominent feature that contributed heavily to the way of life in Pompeii was the cities geographical location. The city was situated on a bay and was surrounded by rivers. Seneca tells us that “the city is a pleasant bay ….. bounded by the shores of Surrantum and Stabiae.” This meant that a large amount of trade took place in Pompeii, not only from the sea but from inland as well. Pompeii was also close to Vesuvius, a volcanic mountain. Pliny the Elder writes of this in his Natural History, “Pompeii [with Vesuvius visible close at hand.” Previous volcanic activity in the region led to extremely fertile soil. This contributes heavily to Pompeii’s productive and successful agricultural lands. The geographical location of Pompeii was a prominent feature as it contributed heavily to the city’s economic, industrial, and social aspects.
They readily-and somewhat immoderately-pictured intact houses with all objects remaining exactly where they were at the moment of the eruption; they imagined they were going to enter into intimate contact with a people vanished all those long centuries ago and to learn the secrets of their life. (Brion, 1960: 225) The House of the Vettii was an amazing example of this phenomenon, with its elaborate frescoes and sculptured garden being preserved for centuries under the volcanic ash. Even the bronze pots and pans remain where they were found on the stove in the kitchen. The tragedy of the volcano has been a surprising gift to archaeologists and historians searching for answers.
Boom! A once ice-capped mountain peak explodes as ash fills the air. “‘Vancouver, Vancouver, this is it!’”Those were the last words of expert geologist David Johnston (Gunn 561). In 1980, Mount Saint Helens of the state of Washington erupted, filling the air with ash and causing mudflows powerful enough to lift tons. It decimated everything in its path. The eruptions, mudflows, and ash caused great damage on the landscape, yet it gave us information on how catastrophes happen and how they affect society and the surrounding landscape. The data acquired can also help us understand the way the landscape was formed. Mount Saint Helens caused much damage, but also helped people understand the science behind it.
Volcanoes have always been a mysterious wonder of the world. Volcanoes have shaped the landscape and the very ground that we all live on. People have written stories of their disastrous eruptions, and painted their marvelous shapes on canvas. The essay will outline some of the more famous volcanoes and how they have impacted are history. Mount Vesuvius that destroy the great city of Pompeii, Krakatoa they spewed deadly ash on small village town, and Mount St. Helen, the only volcano in my own country to every erupt during my own time period.
Before Augustus, there was Julius Caesar. Caesar appointed himself as dictator for life in Rome. Caesar declared himself all powerful and had control over the entire government. However, Brutus and Cassius assassinated Caesar because they believed he was becoming too powerful and had created a monarchy. Caesar was the granduncle of Augustus and because of this, Augustus wanted to avoid a connection with Caesar roots in becoming a dictator. Augustus avoided a tyranny and he could eliminate the risk of being assassinated like Caesar. In turn, Augustus put on a facade of seeming as though he was not becoming all-powerful. In order to deceive the government, Augustus denied any attempts that were given to him to take the throne as an authoritarian and continued to do great things for the will of the people, to be seen in a good light. While putting on a disguise for the Senate and the people, he made it seem as though power was in the hands of the Senate, when in actuality, he was consolidating power into his own hands.
These differences are in the makeup of the volcano, the impact on society, and the eruption itself. Mount Saint Helens, used to be a wonder of the world, but now a damage site of what happened on May 18, 1980. Mauna Loa is a tourist destination and one of the most active dispensers of lava and magma in the world. As shown, these volcanoes can’t be more different. Yet, each volcano has been a culprit to destruction, and have similarities within themselves. This report has expressed many similarities and differences and brought facts and knowledge to the historical eruptions by these impressive and ancient structures of
Pompeii is possibly the best-documented catastrophe in Antiquity. Because of it, we know now how the Pompeians lived because they left behind an extensive legacy of art, including monuments, sculptures and paintings. Pompeii lay on a plateau of ancient lava near the Bay of Naples in western Italy in a region called Campania, less than 1.6 kilometers from the foot of Mount Vesuvius. With the coast to the west and the Apennine Mountains to the East, Campania is a fertile plain, traversed by two major rivers and rich soil. However, in the early days, it was not a remarkable city. Scholars have not been able to identify Pompeii’s original inhabitants. The first people to settle in this region were probably prehistoric hunters and fishers. By at least the eight century B.C., a group of Italic people known as the Oscans occupied the region; they most likely established Pompeii, although the exact date of its origin is unknown. “The root of the word Pompeii would appear to be the Oscan word for the number five, pompe, which suggests that either the community consisted of five hamlets or, perhaps, was settled by a family group (gens Pompeia)”(Kraus 7). In the course of the eight century B.C., Greek and Etruscan colonization stimulated the development of Pompeii as a city around the area of the Forum. A point for important trade routes, it became a place for trading towards the inland. Up until the middle of the 5th century B.C., the city was dominated politically by the Etruscans.
Nearly two millenniums ago a massive eruption rocked the Roman city of Pompeii, destroying buildings and coating the town in deep layers of volcanic ash. Fortunately, this same ash served as a tool for preservation and has allowed archaeologists to discover the remains of various types of Pompeii’s art. The values, beliefs, and daily workings of Roman culture have been brought to new light through the paintings, mosaics, statues and other forms of art found in the lost city of Pompeii.
The article that BBC New of America has provided, gives information on an archeological dig in which the tomb of a general was found. The general was Marcus Nonius Macrinus, a favorite of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Macrinus helped the emperor achieve many victories in Europe. The tomb was discovered where construction work was taking place, and was mainly preserved by the Tiber River. It is said to be the greatest Roman discovery in the past twenty to thirty years.
Pompeii was destroyed in 79 A. D. When the eruption of Mount Vesuvius started, 1.5 million tons of ash rock shot out Mount Vesuvius every second. After the eruption was over, Pompeii was buried in volcanic ash. Pompeii was just recovering from an earthquake in 62 A. D. The people in Pompeii were not ready for both events. Sixteen thousand people died when Mount Vesuvius’ eruption was over. (“Ancient Rome for Kids: The City of Pompeii;” Bagley).
while trying to help the residents of Pompeii. Today the type of eruption that Mount Vesuvius
The Baroque era was the age of magic. Flat surfaces became three-dimensional and paint on plaster became alive. It was the age of masterful illusion. Nothing exhibits this mastery better than Baroque ceiling paintings.
Mount Vesuvius is a strato-volcano consisting of a volcanic cone (Gran Cono) that was built within a summit caldera (Mount Somma). The Somma-Vesuvius complex has formed over the last 25,000 years by means of a sequence of eruptions of variable explosiveness, ranging from the quiet lava outpourings that characterized much of the latest activity (for example from 1881 to 1899 and from 1926 to 1930) to the explosive Plinian eruptions, including the one that destroyed Pompeii and killed thousands of people in 79 A.D. At least seven Plinian eruptions have been identified in