A Timeline of Pompeii

There is an old saying: “Live every day like it’s your last.” We live in an unpredictable world and are threatened by everything from nuclear fallout to heart disease. But how many of us really live each day as if we’ll never get another?

Late in the year 79 CE, the citizens of Pompeii and Herculaneum would have found this question extremely pressing. When the nearby stratovolcano Mount Vesuvius erupted, it set off a cycle of chaos that wiped out both towns and their citizens.

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[BrunoPanem]

I’ve actually climbed Vesuvius back in 2012, there’s a little pine tree inside of it ❤️

[jubjub]

I watched a documentary on Pompeii and realized visiting Herculaneum would be more interesting than Pompeii. Pompeii has the ash people preserved, but Herculaneum has their city preserved in ash, showing original tile and streets where vendors sold goods. Community washing stations and furniture. If I ever visit this area, I'll be sure to see both sites.

[nevermisled]

He’ll never run out of ideas way to much history to discuss

[spacebug]

I visited Pompeii a couple years ago and I was completely in awe. The ruines themselves are very impressive, but it was our amazing tour guide who made the city come back to life. She told us about daily life in the city so vividly I could easily imagine what life must've been like back then. I'd love to visit again some day because there was also a lot I didn't get to see. Although it's very tragic what happened there, it's mind blowing that we have such a place that's pretty much frozen in time.

[kurlykaitlyn]

Just saw an amazing exhibit in San Francisco of recently found treasures from Pompeii. The art was beautiful

[IrishMike]

"Probably seemed like the end of the world...."

If they died, for them it was.

In any case it was the end of their world.

[orangehoof]

Pompeii's misfortune was to be downwind from Vesuvius. The major city of Naples is actually closer but was not in the path of the debris field when the volcano blew. Pompeii was a prosperous resort for the wealthy, more like a Palm Springs. The commoners of Naples were spared.

[superfreakmorris]

I live just south of Mt St Helens in a town called Vancouver. I was 12 when she blew in 1980. My town survived because the eruption was a bilateral blast on the north side of the mountain.

[mims]

It'd be interesting to see timelines of past natural disasters and make them into a series! I'd love to see one for the Krakatoa eruption!

[flicka]

I visited won't manage to see everything in one day. But there's a whole amphitheatre and you can see streets and shops and houses...it's pretty amazing. I was staying in Naples and we went on a day trip. Vesuvius towers over the whole area. It's a constant reminder of what may happen.

[cypherbrittainnethegodofsl]

Random fun fact : Mount Vesuvius' eruption is only rated as VEI 5 and is around an order of magnitude smaller (10 times smaller) than Krakatoa, Novarupta, and Pinatubo which were VEI 6.

[CHKNFNGRZ]

During the Allied occupation of that territory in WW2, Sir Christopher Lee, while stationed there with the RAF (I believe, he may have been with the OSS by then), actually freakin *climbed* Vesuvius just days before that eruption. Yet another tally on Sir Lee's incredible life.

[zacharyvinson]

Pink Floyd: Live At Pompeii 1972 is an amazing movie. Just the band playing for the lost spirits of a ghost town destroyed over a thousand years before.

[btetschner]

A+ video!
What a scary event, I can understand why it hasn't been forgotten!

[zach]

Man, this is something. What a fascinating timeline of the history of Pompeii. I've heard about Pliny eruptions, mentioned that it happens every 1000 years and Mount Vesuvius is active. 3 million people who live below it are in active danger.

[MirandaLovesPathology]

I grew up here in Central New York and the worst thing that we get here is heavy snowstorms! Pretty thankful for that.

[SinCityRaider]

This makes the super 🌋 under Yellowstone even more terrifying 😱

[CrystalKing-]

Learning about history is still one of my most favorite past times, even coming back to old and famous topics is still one of my most favorite things to do.

[mccabber]

"We're in Pompeii... And it's Volcano Day!"

[Vincent_A]

I live in The Netherlands, where on February 1st 1953 the sea came raging in. Surprising 1836 people at night and took them away, while leaving countless more homeless