My report is about the book "Pompeii" by Ron and Nancy Goor 1986.The book is 118 pages. The book tells of the pre-death, death, and rediscovery of the roman city Pompeii. In this report I will be focusing mainly on exploring the pre-death 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 rush of lava, ash, and stone ran into the walls of the city. It was not until the fourth surge that the wall gave, this allowed gases, lava, and ash to cover the city. After this event only the tips of the roofs that had not collapsed could be seen.This is how Pompeii died. After Pompeii's death many families came to try and …show more content…
The sidewalks were raised for a very specific reason, Pompeii had a very simple and primitive sewer system, this caused garbage and rainwater to accumulate very quickly. The streets were also narrow with good reason, in a mediterranean climate the summers are hot and the winters are cold, with such narrow streets it was easy to create shade and block out cold winds.
Rome used many ideas and technologies to live their lives, one such technology/idea were the aqueducts. In Pompeii aqueducts were used to carry water from Avellino an entire eighteen miles away. Any and all amounts of water collected from this area was brought to the Castellum Aquae near the vesuvius gate, this is where it was divided and sent to the areas of thee city it was needed. It could be sent to homes to give running water, public bathhouses, or fountains to name just a
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 rush of lava, ash, and stone ran into the walls of the city. It was not until the fourth surge that the wall gave, this allowed gases, lava, and ash to cover the city. After this event only the tips of the roofs that had not collapsed could be seen.This is how Pompeii died. After Pompeii's death many families came to try and …show more content…
The sidewalks were raised for a very specific reason, Pompeii had a very simple and primitive sewer system, this caused garbage and rainwater to accumulate very quickly. The streets were also narrow with good reason, in a mediterranean climate the summers are hot and the winters are cold, with such narrow streets it was easy to create shade and block out cold winds.
Rome used many ideas and technologies to live their lives, one such technology/idea were the aqueducts. In Pompeii aqueducts were used to carry water from Avellino an entire eighteen miles away. Any and all amounts of water collected from this area was brought to the Castellum Aquae near the vesuvius gate, this is where it was divided and sent to the areas of thee city it was needed. It could be sent to homes to give running water, public bathhouses, or fountains to name just a