{"id":5502,"date":"2024-06-19T14:51:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T12:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seepompeii.com\/leruzione-che-ha-sepolto-pompei-distruzione-ma-non-solo\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T15:03:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T13:03:16","slug":"the-eruption-that-buried-pompeii-destruction-but-not-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seepompeii.com\/en\/the-eruption-that-buried-pompeii-destruction-but-not-only\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eruption that buried Pompeii: Destruction but not only"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The eruption of October 24, 79 AD<\/strong> that completely destroyed Pompeii<\/strong> is remembered as the most catastrophic and violent in history. It was a frightening eruption that completely took by surprise all the inhabitants of the crowded city of Pompeii, who had no time to escape and died buried by the ash of Vesuvius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happened during the eruption that destroyed Pompeii<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It was an ordinary day that October 24, 79 A.D.. Pompeians woke up and began their daily day unaware of what would happen a few hours later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were busy as usual between work, home renovations, games, and public life. When suddenly around 1 p.m. their lives were disrupted and for some erased forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suddenly a terrifying roar was heard, intense smoke began to rise from the mouth of Vesuvius, and piles of debris and huge rocks were hurled miles away. The sun darkened and the air began <\/strong>to become unbreathable. Day was turned into night <\/strong>and nothing could be heard but screams and the incessant falling of stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shocked and astonished Pompeiians began their flight to safety, while others fled to their homes in search of shelter from the falling lapilli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took only a few hours for Pompeii to be covered by meters of volcanic stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The roofs of houses and stores <\/strong>during the night began to collapse under the weight of ash and lapilli<\/strong>, the streets were invaded by volcanic material and became impassable. Many Pompeians began to lose their lives crushed by the falling roofs of their houses, others swept away by huge, skin-piercing rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The night passed, and the following morning the fall of lapilli suddenly stopped. At last the quiet seemed to have arrived, or at least that is what the Pompeians thought, but the force of Vesuvius did not stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suddenly with even more devastating and terrifying power than it had been in the previous hours, a huge cloud of smoke rose from the mouth of the volcano, reaching up to the sky,<\/strong> more than 20 meters high and collapsing along the sides of the mountain, overwhelming everything. (This is what Pliny the Younger describes in his letter to his friend Tacitus.)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the powerful pyroclastic flow, gas, 400\u00b0 water vapor and ash.<\/strong> A glowing cloud that covered Pompeii and its inhabitants, bringing death and devastation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those on the streets died instantly charred, others asphyxiated by the powerful gases escaping from the volcano, others walled in their homes from the accumulation of debris.<\/p>\n\n\n