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How much do you know about the Ancient City of Pompeii?

It is certain that when the eruption of Vesuvius started on the morning of 24 August, AD 79, it caught the local population utterly unprepared. Although at the same time, as we now know in retrospect, all the tell-tale signs were there to warn them.
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AP - Decorated cups and fine silver platters were once again polished and on display Monday as archaeologists unveiled an ancient Roman dining set that lay hidden for two millennia in the volcanic ash of Pompeii.
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Oh ironic is it that one of the great cities of the great Empire of Rome was destroyed by a natural occurence. With all there accelerated knowledge and scholars they had, they still couldn't foresee the inevitable doom that a volcano would bring to their doorstep. Pliny mentions that everyone was enjoying the luxury of being a Roman when it finally erupted. He also mentioned that when it started, they still didn't think they where doomed.

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That is the ironic thing about it, but I see the same still happening today where people still choose to live near areas that are considered at great risk. Now, writers choose to glamorize an ancient city that was once a moving liberal society.

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The lessons of Pompeii

Located on the Bay of Naples, the city had been established in the sixth century B.C. by peoples of central Italy. It came under the rule of the Roman Empire in 80 B.C. and became a prosperous commercial center for goods that arrived by sea and were sent on to Rome on the Appian Way. But for the citizens of Pompeii, the world ended on Aug. 24, A.D. 79, when nearby Vesuvius blew up. The volcanic eruption sent tons of ash and debris raining down onto the town, killing and covering those who could not escape - some 2,000 or so by best estimate - with a deposit more than 30 feet thick. The eruption of Vesuvius - considered long-dormant and sacred to the memory of the god Hercules - was documented by Pliny the Younger, living in the port city of Misenum on the other side of the bay.
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Pompeii: Under the volcano

Few things fuel the imagination like the story of a long-lost and forgotten city that somehow gets found. Ref. Source 4