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“There are depths of thousands of miles which are hidden from our inquiry. The only tidings we have from those unfathomable regions are by means of volcanoes, those burning mountains that seem to discharge their materials from the lowest abysses of the earth.”(Oliver Goldsmith) This quote hits it right with what volcanoes cover up from you the remains of history as we know it. Some of the most interesting things from history are covered up by the ash of volcanoes. Its scary to me that a volcanoe can be just there peaceful minding its own business and then bamm!, the volcanoe randomly exsploeds and destroyes everything in its path. One of the most reconized volcanic eruption is from Mount Vesuvius covering pompii. This is where
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Now with the time period during this terrible event is 79AD in Naples Italy. It was during the rages of the Roman Empire area. The city that the eruption was famous for covering was Pompeii. This city was a resort city, very wealthy people came from all around to vist this very luxeruis place. According to the article “Pompeii: Portents of Disaster” it exsplains that there were signs of earthquaks and volcanic activy in 63AD.” There was damged already done to the city before the eruption even happened. That should of told the people that there is something very bad that is coming. Right before the quarthquak was going to happen there was lots of buldings going repair form the sismic activity from Mount Vesuvius. There a lot of people thought that the earthquaks were the gods fighting under the mountains that cause the sismic activy according to the article “Pompeii: Portents of Disaster.” To me I don’t now why the romains would think that, thus they were missing some very important thinking that should have been looked more into what was really going on at the time. Then again at the time there was not really people that could tell you if a volcanoe was going to erupt but nonetheless you should not think the best all thetime when there are qarthquaks happening, building are getting damaged, smoke rising from Mount
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
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
The most iconic volcanic eruption in history was the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Mt. Vesuvius is located on the west coast side of Italy. Pompeii was the ancient town five miles from Mt. Vesuvius where people would flock to the area in 79 AD to be near the Bay of Naples. Little did they know that the volcano would erupt into the most destructive volcano in history. Mt. Vesuvius has erupted about three dozen times and was the most disastrous due to the large population around the area. The volcano, which is still active today, is a stratovolcano. A stratovolcano has pyroclastic flows and erupt explosively and violently. Pyroclastic flows don't necessarily look exactly like “flowing eruptions”. These eruptions are not the “flowing” type of eruptions because they are eruptions with explosions and blowing clouds that fill the air. These clouds are usually dark clouds that are made up of ash. Pompeii had some signs of the volcano erupting, but the technology was not like the technology of today where scientists can monitor the volcanic activity.
Mount Vesuvius is one of history’s most recognizable Volcanoes, as each of its eruptions have gone down as a significant event in geologic history. The events that transpired during and after these eruptions have shaped the way scientists and people view the sheer power that these volcanoes possessed. This report will take a look at Vesuvius’ most prolific eruption in 79 AD. The geologic setting of the mountain, precursor activity, and the impact the eruption had on the surrounding populations and towns will all be detailed. Along with these details, this report will also look at the further history of Vesuvius’s explosive past by detailing its eruption cycle. Finally, the current state of Vesuvius and the possible danger the current population living near the mountain could face should it erupt explosively again.
Pompeii was a Roman city in Italy located 14 miles from Naples, and next to an active volcano named Mt. Vesuvius. In 79 A.D. the volcano erupted. The eruption had many stages. The first stage of the eruption was the tremors that happened the days before the eruption. The second stage of the eruption was a series of small eruptions from Mt. Vesuvius. The third stage was the very large eruption from Mt. Vesuvius. After the third stage the sun was clouded out with ash from the volcano. Lastly, the streets flooded with ash. The ash that flooded the streets perfectly preserved the city. When a surveying engineer discovered the city in 1748, the city was excavated from the ash and to the people's surprise, nearly everything was perfectly preserved, like a snapshot of history. Under the ash, the researchers found preserved remains of the people that lived there, bread still in ovens,
The city became a wasteland within the span of a single minute. A city once filled with life and energy; street cars driving down the street, little kids riding bikes and jumping rope, and adults walking to work with thoughts of a guaranteed tomorrow that will never come. A man made device, that destroyed everything in its path. However, the other city was a little different in terms of circumstances going back to the times of ancient Rome. The city had fallen victim to a natural disaster and become covered in ash only to be found decades later. Thus, one city will be considered a defeated and bruised city; the other a lost city frozen in time. Both cities were destroyed by a cataclysmic event, which are similar in certain aspects, with vastly
As for the differences Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D as for St Helen erupted in 1980 A.D . As well, many people died during Vesuvius and only 57 people died during Helens eruption St Helen had an advanced technology that said it was about to erupt will Vesuvius did not have a advanced notice and the eruptions happened to different places Vesuvius was in Italy while Helen's was in Washington . As of for the size of the eruption Vesuvius was
In regard to the political life, only male citizens could vote and citizenship was not open to all, this is evident through inscriptions, electoral graffiti and building remains. The establishment of the cursus honorrum created the political career pathway of the role of particular magistrates and town councils in Pompeii and Herculaneum. On the top of the hierarchy is the Praefectus, which dealt with urgent situations and was paramount in its usage after the eruption of 62 AD. The next office was the Duumviri, which is presented in source D who was responsible for providing spectacle public games at their own expense, also the administration of justice and presiding over council meetings. They also conducted a census every 5 years and made decisions on public buildings, roads, and collected fines.
Mount Vesuvius was one of the most dangerous volcanoes, one of it’s eruptions changed peoples lives. Pompeii, the city in italy 5 miles away from Vesuvius, had lots of wealthy people living in the area. They had paved streets and fancy buildings. Pompeii was a resort for rome's most distinguished citizens.
Earth has physically changed millions of times due to moving tectonic plates which has formed our planets mountains; altering the way our environment looks. Volcanoes, (formed when magma from the upper mantle heads to the surface, causing the land to rise) are one of nature’s finest spectacles. These geographical forces have erupted many times; from small-scale eruptions to cataclysmic ones; making them a force to consider about. Therefore the past is useful in predicting possible future eruptions as in terms of the effects they can have on civilisation, they are unpredictable in what they can produce.
BOOM!, BOOM!, BOOM!, explosions, ash, carbon dioxide and, magma going everywhere burning buildings and people, starting to kill people every second. This can only mean one thing the volcano is erupting and a bad one, this volcano is called Mount Vesuvius this eruption covered Pompeii with layers of ash and hardened magma until Pompeii was rediscovered as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by the Spanish military engineer Rocque Joaquin de Alcubierre. There is a fiction and nonfiction version of the story of pompeii one story is by Louis Untermeyer The Dog of Pompeii is fiction and one other story by Robert Silverberg called Pompeii which is nonfiction.
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.
Myths and legends are everywhere. There are legends of people from long ago, myths of ancient Greeks. There are myths and legends of almost everything, including volcanoes. Myths of their creation, of why they erupt. Myths and legends of various gods controlling their own volcanoes. There is a story for almost every volcano. The amount of legends and myths concerning volcanoes is quite extensive, ranging from Hephaestus to Vulcan and everything in between. It's very interesting to know what people thought of volcanoes when the myths were made; myths about volcano are as captivating as other myths. Take Pele, one of the gods associated to volcanoes I'll be talking about, for example.
Volcanoes can be one of the most destructive forces on Earth. It is estimated that some
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