Daily life in Pompeii The entire top of Mt.Vesuvius blew off and a huge, black cloud of ash and poisonous gases rose into the air. Twenty feet of ash and poisonous gases covered Pompeii and almost killed all of its people. Even though there are some differences of how people lived their lives in 79 A.D., they have many similarities including their values and interests, being an advanced society, and being a time capsule. To begin, the people of Pompeii had similar values and interests that we have today. “Archeologists have found tools that are similar to medical instruments in the household rather than the doctors office, Which means the moms probably did most of the doctoring.” (“Secrets of Ancient Pompeii Households Revealed in Ruins”)
