Pompeii

Pompeii Essay Three main actions that went on in the town of Pompeii are Gadgets, Dr.Mom, and Fast Food. Pompeii residents didn’t have multiple types of gadgets. They instead had just a few gadgets that were used for several things. They used the same gadgets for big and small jobs. For example, they might have used pots that could also be used for wine dippers and spindle whorls that were used as furniture ornamentation. Even though ancient Rome had an advanced society, it can’t be assumes household units were used and worked the same way as they do today. Another one of the actions that went on in Pompeii would be the Dr. Mom’s. Archaeologists assume that there was a person who lived in the house who knew how to take…

artificially, I wonder about its impacts on the world. How and why are ruins depicted? A significant example of a natural ruin is the ancient Roman city of Pompeii after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Over two thousand people died, and the city was abandoned for over a thousand years. However, as explorers discovered, Pompeii was mostly intact underneath the thick layer of ashes. Everyday life was preserved under the debris: skeletons were posed where they had fallen, household objects…

Pompeii was a largely populated town in an Italian region called Campania. The site of Pompeii, along with the area around it, had a favorable climate, and rich soil for agriculture. When the settlers first built the town of Pompeii, they had deemed that the volcano was innocent, as it hadn’t erupted in a long time. The Roman town of Pompeii covered three square kilometers, with a population of estimated to be about 10-12,000 people. Since Pompeii was an older town, ⅓ or the population were…

Pompeii was an ancient Roman city, located in what is know today as southern Italy, that remained lost to the world for over sixteen hundred years after a volcanic eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius left it blanketed in ash. As the city was unearthed a clearer picture of Roman life began to emerge. Though several Roman cities were merely left to disrepair after the empire fell and not impacted by a volcanic eruption, they were affected by the elements that fell upon them in the nearly two…

Pompeii is 1939 year old and was rediscovered by a group of explorers in 1748. It is located in Italy and therefore it is built in a volcanic highland. The highland was located between the Samo River (South) and the slopes of Vesuvius (North). Consequently, it is important because it was the only route linking South and North and it connected the seaside area with the inland. Some restaurants and inns were quite attractive and served food to guests who declined in the garden. In the cheaper…

On August 24th in 79 AD at approximately 1300 a cloud appeared over the Roman city of Pompeii. This was all the warning the residents had before the nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted. Huge quantities of scalding hot ash, pumice and lava pebbles were thrown into the sky. This then cascaded down across an extensive area. Most of the 20,000 residents fled for their lives but approximately 2,000 people stayed behind and hoped to wait out the disaster in their homes. Those who stayed…

The House of the Vettii offers the world a view into an intriguing period of life in ancient Pompeii. By analyzing themes such as punishment and divine dominion over mortals, within six Greek mythology based panel paintings in the House of the Vettii’s better insights into relations between the sexes is gained. Even in the male dominated society of the first century BC punishment is more about power than gender because it was imposed by both male and female. Pompeii is a small to medium-sized…

This is one of the most famous natural disasters in history. Pompeii, Italy is an ancient city that died. Ancient times before Christ, Pompeii was a flourishing city. In AD 79, Mt. Vesuvius erupted trapping thousands in the city under ash and lava; preserving the city for approximately 1700 years. Pompeii was one of the largest cities that was buried by Mount Vesuvius. Since then, excavations have begun and the city of Pompeii began to deteriorate. Currently, the big debate is on whether to…

2,000 years ago, Pompeii was a big city with a population of 20,000 people. It was very busy and was located on the Sarnus River, near the Bay of Naples, about 130 miles south of Rome. The town was located in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius. Rich landowners built elegant houses there. Vesuvius had been asleep for 800 years so nobody thought it would erupt. Vesuvius had solid lava on the top of it so all the lava inside built up and made the volcano erupt. The fumes and ashes suffocated many…

and the destruction and devastation it caused those who lived in Pompeii and other neighboring towns. Before this fateful day Pompeii was a prosperous city that rested on the southeastern base of Mt. Vesuvius. In 90 BCE, Pompeii and its Italian allies rebelled against Rome in what is called the Italic War. Pompeii eventually became Romanized adopting many of the characteristics and customs of Rome. The houses in Pompeii were very angular and self-contained. Most of them did not have any windows…