How did the eruption of Mount Vesuvius affect the city of Pompeii? By: Josh Scabarozi Screaming, crying, your mother screaming, telling you “It is going to be okay”. These are all things you would hear if you lived in the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius affected Pompeii in many ways. Pompeii was very modern and most of the wealthy Romans would go to it as a vacation spot. The eruption caused lots of damage by covering the whole city with layers of rocks, ash, and toxic fumes. The first official excavations for Pompeii started in 1748 but can go back as far as 1599. Pompeii is a very nice place to live with lots of buildings. Pompeii was an Italian city near the Mediterranean that had a very rich population of 200,000.
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At the center of the city is the Forum. It was a big open square where people came to worship their gods. The town also had two theaters; one could sit 1,200 people and had a roof, and the other was an amphitheater that could sit 5,000 people. Since plays were supposed to have characters, the actors would wear masks either with a frown or smile representing comedic or sad performances. There were 3 main public baths each had three rooms, caldarium (hot room), tepidarium (warm room), and the frigidarium (cold room). The hot room was for relaxing and the warm and cold rooms were for washing. There is also a changing room where you can exercise. The city has a gladiator training ground for duels and fights. Some might fight animals, and some fight other gladiators. Most villas overlook the bay of Naples. Villas were one story tall and had a center hallway with rooms on the side of it. Pompeii consisted of many rich landowners with villas, farmers, prosperous merchants, slaves, artisans, and
At the center of the city is the Forum. It was a big open square where people came to worship their gods. The town also had two theaters; one could sit 1,200 people and had a roof, and the other was an amphitheater that could sit 5,000 people. Since plays were supposed to have characters, the actors would wear masks either with a frown or smile representing comedic or sad performances. There were 3 main public baths each had three rooms, caldarium (hot room), tepidarium (warm room), and the frigidarium (cold room). The hot room was for relaxing and the warm and cold rooms were for washing. There is also a changing room where you can exercise. The city has a gladiator training ground for duels and fights. Some might fight animals, and some fight other gladiators. Most villas overlook the bay of Naples. Villas were one story tall and had a center hallway with rooms on the side of it. Pompeii consisted of many rich landowners with villas, farmers, prosperous merchants, slaves, artisans, and