The natural disaster of

the pompia volcano

João Marcelo
What we'll
Topic 1: what was the
discuss
Pompeii city?
Topic 2: What happened?
Topic 3: The Rediscovery
of Pompeii
Topic 4: how
it happened?
Topic 1
Pompeii was a Roman city that was notable for having been the scene of a major volcanic
eruption, which took place on Mount Vesuvius and was responsible for the destruction of
the city, as well as the decimation of its population. The archaeological remains of the city
were found in the 18th century and, since then, studies have been carried out to
reconstruct the facts of the city's daily life and its destruction.
The destruction of the city of Pompeii took
place in 79 AD. Pliny the Younger's account
Topiv 2 Pompeii was hit by a hail of stones (many
gigantic) spewing out from within Mount
Vesuvius. Also, the next day, the city was hit by
points to August 24, AD 79, but some
historians suggest that the city's toxic gases, which killed the inhabitants who had
destruction took place in late September. survived the previous day's hail of stones. An

account of the volcanic eruption was given 25
This city was destroyed in a massive
years after it occurred by a Roman named Pliny
volcanic eruption, which buried the city
the Younger.
in volcanic material and decimated the

entire population that had not fled the The eruption of Vesuvius
area. Before the volcanic eruption, not only affected Pompeii,
Pompeii had suffered partial but was also responsible
destruction in 62 AD, due to an for the destruction of other
earthquake. cities.

Topic 3

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Topic 4
It happened that with the
buildup of pressure caused by
the movement of the plates, it
caused the discharge of energy
and, consequently, the volcanic
eruption of Pompeii.
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